ReviewFrontiers in neurology2023
Corticosteroids in childhood epilepsies: A systematic review.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The use of steroids in adult epilepsy: A systematic review.Epilepsia open · 2025Pooled it
- Pharmacological assessment of drugs retained in the 1Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Developmental and/or epileptic encephalopathy with spike-and-wave activation in sleep: Pathophysiological insights and treatment options.Epilepsia · 2026Review
- Rethinking Corticosteroid Therapy in Pediatric Neurology.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- Anakinra for tocilizumab-refractory febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome with normal IL-1β levels: a case report.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- [Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Continuous Spike-and-Wave During Sleep Syndrome: Comparison of Clinical, Neurophysiological, and Neuropsychological Characteristics].Revista de neurologia · 2025Article
- [Landau-Kleffner Syndrome: Current Etiopathogenesis and Management].Revista de neurologia · 2025Review
- European experience of steroid therapy in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike wave activation in sleep ((D)EE-SWAS).Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Article
- Multiple Subpial Transection for the Treatment of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome-Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Pulsatile corticoid therapy reduces interictal epileptic activity burden in children with genetic drug-resistant epilepsy.Epilepsia open · 2024Article
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Abstract
Corticosteroids have been used for the treatment of patients with epilepsy for more than 6 decades, based on the hypothesis of inflammation in the genesis and/or promotion of epilepsy. We, therefore, aimed to provide a systematic overview of the use of corticosteroid regimes in childhood epilepsies in line with the PRISMA guidelines. We performed a structured literature search
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