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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2015

Seizures and epilepsy: an overview for neuroscientists.

Carl E Stafstrom, Lionel Carmant

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 327 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

327 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Carl E StafstromDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287.
Lionel CarmantDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Universite Montreal, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is one of the most common and disabling neurologic conditions, yet we have an incomplete understanding of the detailed pathophysiology and, thus, treatment rationale for much of epilepsy. This article reviews the clinical aspects of seizures and epilepsy with the goal of providing neuroscientists an introduction to aspects that might be amenable to scientific investigation. Seizures and epilepsy are defined, diagnostic methods are reviewed, various clinical syndromes are discussed, and aspects of differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis are considered to enable neuroscientists to formulate basic and translational research questions.

Indexed as

Age of OnsetAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemBreath HoldingDiagnosis, DifferentialElectroencephalographyEpilepsyGenetic TestingHumansLandau-Kleffner SyndromeLennox Gastaut SyndromeNeuroimagingNeurologic ExaminationParasomniasSeizuresSyncope

Identifiers

PMID26033084
PMCPMC4448698

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