The epilepsies: seizures, syndromes and management

CP Panayiotopoulos - 2010 - europepmc.org
This new book, The Epilepsies, details the most recent advances in epileptic seizures,
epileptic syndromes and their management. It is based on the International League Against …

Benign childhood focal epilepsies: assessment of established and newly recognized syndromes

CP Panayiotopoulos, M Michael, S Sanders, T Valeta… - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
A big advance in epileptology has been the recognition of syndromes with distinct aetiology,
clinical and EEG features, treatment and prognosis. A prime and common example of this is …

Autonomic status epilepticus in Panayiotopoulos syndrome and other childhood and adult epilepsies: a consensus view

CD Ferrie, R Caraballo, A Covanis, V Demirbilek… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To discuss and propose a definition of autonomic status epilepticus (SE), describe
its clinical and EEG features, and review what is known about its epidemiology …

A clinical guide to epileptic syndromes and their treatment

CP Panayiotopoulos - 2010 - Springer
A disorder which affects 4 percent of children and 1-2 percent of the general population,
epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. The original edition of CP …

Clinical, genetic, and expression studies of mutations in the potassium channel gene KCNA1 reveal new phenotypic variability

LH Eunson, R Rea, SM Zuberi… - Annals of Neurology …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Episodic ataxia type 1 (EA1) is an autosomal dominant central nervous system
potassium channelopathy characterized by brief attacks of cerebellar ataxia and continuous …

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a 5‐year prospective study

CP Panayiotopoulos, T Obeid, AR Tahan - Epilepsia, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
We made a long term prospective study of 66 patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
(JME). Prevalence was 10.2% among 672 patients with epilepsies. Sex distribution was …

Genetic mapping of a major susceptibility locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy on chromosome 15q

FV Elmslie, M Rees, MP Williamson… - Human Molecular …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The epilepsies are a group of disorders characterised by recurrent seizures caused by
episodes of abnormal neuronal hyperexcitability involving the brain. Up to 60 million people …

Elementary visual hallucinations, blindness, and headache in idiopathic occipital epilepsy: differentiation from migraine

CP Panayiotopoulos - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & …, 1999 - jnnp.bmj.com
This is a qualitative and chronological analysis of ictal and postictal symptoms, frequency of
seizures, family history, response to treatment, and prognosis in nine patients with idiopathic …

Visual phenomena and headache in occipital epilepsy: a review, a systematic study and differentiation from migraine

CP Panayiotopoulos - Epileptic Disorders, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This is a systematic‐prospective study of occipital seizures with elementary visual
hallucinations in 18 patients with symptomatic occipital epilepsy. Qualitative and …

Differentiation of typical absence seizures in epileptic syndromes: a video EEG study of 224 seizures in 20 patients

CP Panayiotopoulos, T Obeid, G Waheed - Brain, 1989 - academic.oup.com
This is a comparative video-electroencephalographic (EEG) study of typical absence
seizures in 4 epileptic syndromes. In 20 patients, 224 absences were recorded and …