Search results for "Drug Resistant Epilepsy"
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Transcriptomic profile of epileptic children treated with ketogenic therapies.
2022
Background: Ketogenic dietary therapies (KDT) are used as a treatment in childhood epilepsy. However, their mechanism has not yet been established. The main objective of this study was to determine the changes in the transcriptomic profile induced by KDT in children with epilepsy in order to shed light on its possible mechanisms. Methods: Eight children with refractory epilepsy were enrolled in the study. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained before and after the children were treated with KDT for a minimum of 6 months. RNA was extracted and mRNA and miRNA profiling were performed and analyzed. Results: Our intervention with KDT significantly reduced the seizure number in seven o…
Ketogenic diet for infants with epilepsy: A literature review.
2020
Abstract The ketogenic diet (KD) is an established, nonpharmacological treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Actually, KD and its variants have been shown to be elective and resolute for patients with glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) deficiency. The aim of this review was to study the use of KD and its variants in infancy, including the neonatal age, and demonstrate the safety and efficacy of this treatment in patients with the age of 0–23 months affected by DRE already subjected to pharmacological approach attempts. A literature search was conducted using PubMed as the medical database source. We used the age limit of 0–23 months, and we considered only articles published between …
Respuesta cardiovascular al estrés en pacientes con epilepsia farmacorresistente: datos preliminares
2021
El estrés es un factor de riesgo para las enfermedades cardiovasculares en la población general. La epilepsia se ha considerado un modelo adecuado de estrés crónico, con mayor incidencia de mortalidad cardiovascular que la población general. Este estudio proporciona datos preliminares sobre la respuesta cardiovascular ante un estresor cognitivo y una evaluación neuropsicológica en pacientes con epilepsia, explorando las relaciones entre la respuesta cardiovascular y el rendimiento cognitivo dependiendo del hemisferio responsable de la epilepsia. Treinta y cinco pacientes con epilepsia farmacorresistente, 17 con el área epileptógena(AE) en el hemisferio izquierdo (LH) y 18 con AE en el hemis…