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Deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus in drug-resistan...
Peltola, Jukka; Colon, Albert J.; Pimentel, José; Coenen, Volker A.; Gil-Nagel, Antonio; Gonçalves Ferreira, António; Lehtimäki, Kai; Ryvlin, PhilippeBackground and objectives: The efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT DBS) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) was demonstrated in the double-blind Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy randomized controlled trial. The Medtronic Registry for Epilepsy (MORE) aims to understand the safety and longer-term effectiveness of ANT DBS therap...
Gelastic seizures : a retrospective study in five tertiary hospital centres
Amorim, Isabel Loução de; Pereira, Cristina; Sequeira, João; Rocha, Helena; Peralta, Ana Rita; Rego, Ricardo; Bentes, Carla; Bento, ConceiçãoThis study aimed to characterize, clinically and neurophysiologically, a series of patients with gelastic seizures (GS), including both adults and children. We retrospectively collected patients with GS from epilepsy clinics of five tertiary hospital centres within a single country. Patients were selected through relatives'/caregivers' descriptions, home video and/or video-EEG monitoring. GS were identified thr...