Abstract
Researchers at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and at centers in China and US, conducted a population-based study of singletons born in Denmark (1978-2004) with information on preeclampsia and epilepsy obtained from the Danish National Hospital Register.
Highlights
Epileptic syndromes with high rates of status epilepticus, in addition to SMEI, include Panayiotopoulos syndrome and symptomatic occipital lobe epilepsy secondary to neonatal hypoglycemia (Okanishi T et al Brain Dev Nov 2008;30:624-628)
Researchers at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and at centers in China and US, conducted a population-based study of singletons born in Denmark (1978-2004) with information on preeclampsia and epilepsy obtained from the Danish National Hospital Register
The incidence of epilepsy at 27-year follow-up was increased following exposure to either preeclampsia or eclampsia in children born after 37 weeks of gestation
Summary
Researchers at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and at centers in China and US, conducted a population-based study of singletons born in Denmark (1978-2004) with information on preeclampsia and epilepsy obtained from the Danish National Hospital Register. The use of bromides for treatment of SMEI and their significantly higher efficacy than that of valproic acid and zonisamide are interesting and surprising observations. Bromides were first introduced for the treatment of epilepsy in 1853 After phenobarbital became available in 1912 and phenytoin in 1937, the use of bromides was largely discontinued.
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