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ReviewNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)2021

Treatable inherited metabolic epilepsies.

Khalid Hundallah, Brahim Tabarki

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Review in Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Khalid HundallahFrom the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Brahim TabarkiFrom the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inherited metabolic diseases usually present a complex clinical picture in which seizures are one of various neurological manifestations, which include developmental delays/regression, acute encephalopathy, neuropsychiatric manifestations, and movement disorders. However, a seizure can be the prominent feature in inherited metabolic disease. The specific diagnosis of an underlying inherited metabolic disorder in epileptic patients may help design specific treatments that can improve the seizures and stop neurodegeneration. In several inherited metabolic diseases such as vitamin-responsive epilepsies and other metabolic epilepsies, seizures are refractory to antiseizure medications but respond to specific treatments based on vitamin and cofactor supplementation or diet. This review discusses our current understanding of these inherited metabolic disorders associated with epilepsy, where early diagnosis and treatment initiation will significantly improve the outcome.

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EpilepsyMetabolic DiseasesHumansSeizures

Identifiers

PMID34230076
PMCPMC8926125
OpenAlexW3182482017

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