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Presented by the mother of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center patient Arianna Bick, read the story of a child who suffers from daily, intractable seizures. ... Intractable Seizures: Arianna Bick's Battle, Told by Her Mother Juli...
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www.cincinnatichildrens.org/about/patient/intractable-s...
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/about/patient/intractable-seizures-ariana.htm
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One in five children with epilepsy have intractable seizures — defined as failure to respond to at least two appropriate antiseizure medications. Surgery may be an option, but the path to that decision is complex.
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www.mayoclinic.org/medicalprofs/epilepsy-children-ncn01...
www.mayoclinic.org/medicalprofs/epilepsy-children-ncn0109.html
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Unfavorable predictors of control were chronic cognitive delay, long history of intractable seizures and previous status epilepticus. ... Reasons for Intractable Seizures...
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www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizures_refractory/prognosis
www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizures_refractory/prognosis
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Keeping a daily record of your seizures can help you and your doctor better understand and treat your epilepsy. ... Seizures can be uncontrolled for three broad reasons, the most important of which are listed in Table 1. ... Approach to Intractable Seizures...
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www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizures_refractory/reasons
www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizures_refractory/reasons
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Medically intractable seizures have been shown to lead to a decline in the child’s intellectual, behavioral, social and psychiatric development. ... Medically intractable seizures in childhood present a difficult therapeutic challenge, particularly in light of their effects on the neurological and psychological...
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www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/epilepsy/pediatric/index.html
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But in a just completed clinical trial, a unique nerve-stimulation treatment for intractable epilepsy reduced the number of seizures by more than 50 percent.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318140616.htm
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DR SHIP: Ms H is a 24-year-old woman with intractable seizures. Her seizures began at age 10 years and have been essentially unchanged since that time. They occur overwhelmingly at night, usually within an hour of sleep onset.
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jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/21/2527
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In a child with hydranencephaly and refractory seizures, the electroencephalogram showed a flat isoelectric pattern with no significant slow waves or epileptiform activity; ... The cause of the seizures remained unclear in spite of the investigations.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15968932
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Gamma knife radiosurgery may offer a safe, effective, noninvasive alternative for the treatment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common cause of intractable epileptic seizures, a new study suggests. ... Gamma Knife Surgery May Be Viable Alternative for Treatment of Intractable Epileptic Seizures...
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546376
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