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Gary W. Mathern
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 235
Citations - 31995
Gary W. Mathern is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Epilepsy & Cortical dysplasia. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 227 publications receiving 26575 citations. Previous affiliations of Gary W. Mathern include Veterans Health Administration & University of California.
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Revised Terminology and Concepts for Organization of Seizures and Epilepsies: Report of the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology, 2005-2009
Anne T. Berg,Anne T. Berg,Samuel F. Berkovic,Martin J. Brodie,Jeffrey Buchhalter,J. Helen Cross,Walter van Emde Boas,Jerome Engel,Jacqueline A. French,Tracy A. Glauser,Gary W. Mathern,Solomon L. Moshé,Douglas R. Nordli,Perrine Plouin,Ingrid E. Scheffer +14 more
TL;DR: The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Commission on Classification and Terminology has revised concepts, terminology, and approaches for classifying seizures and forms of epilepsy.
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ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy
Robert S. Fisher,Carlos Acevedo,Alexis Arzimanoglou,Alicia Bogacz,J. Helen Cross,Christian E. Elger,Jerome Engel,Lars Forsgren,Jacqueline A. French,Mike Glynn,Dale C. Hesdorffer,Byung In Lee,Gary W. Mathern,Solomon L. Moshé,Emilio Perucca,Ingrid E. Scheffer,Torbjörn Tomson,Masako Watanabe,Samuel Wiebe +18 more
TL;DR: A revised definition of epilepsy brings the term in concordance with common use for individuals who either had an age‐dependent epilepsy syndrome but are now past the applicable age or who have remained seizure‐free for the last 10 years and off antiseizure medicines for at least the last 5 years.
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Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies.
Patrick Kwan,Alexis Arzimanoglou,Anne T. Berg,Martin J. Brodie,W. Allen Hauser,Gary W. Mathern,Solomon L. Moshé,Emilio Perucca,Samuel Wiebe,Jacqueline A. French +9 more
TL;DR: It is proposed as a testable hypothesis that drug resistant epilepsy is defined as failure of adequate trials of two tolerated, appropriately chosen and used antiepileptic drug schedules to achieve sustained seizure freedom.
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ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology.
Ingrid E. Scheffer,Samuel F. Berkovic,Giuseppe Capovilla,Mary B. Connolly,Jacqueline A. French,Laura Maria de Figueiredo Ferreira Guilhoto,Edouard Hirsch,Satish Jain,Gary W. Mathern,Solomon L. Moshé,Douglas R. Nordli,Emilio Perucca,Torbjörn Tomson,Samuel Wiebe,Yuehua Zhang,Sameer M. Zuberi,Sameer M. Zuberi +16 more
TL;DR: The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of the Epilepsies has been updated to reflect our gain in understanding of the epilepsies and their underlying mechanisms following the major scientific advances that have taken place since the last ratified classification in 1989 as mentioned in this paper.
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The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission
Ingmar Blümcke,Maria Thom,Eleonora Aronica,Dawna D. Armstrong,Harry V. Vinters,André Palmini,Thomas S. Jacques,Giuliano Avanzini,A. James Barkovich,Giorgio Battaglia,Albert J. Becker,Carlos Cepeda,Fernando Cendes,Nadia Colombo,Peter B. Crino,J. Helen Cross,Olivier Delalande,François Dubeau,John S. Duncan,Renzo Guerrini,Philippe Kahane,Gary W. Mathern,Imad Najm,Cigdem Ozkara,Charles Raybaud,Alfonso Represa,Steven N. Roper,Noriko Salamon,Andreas Schulze-Bonhage,Laura Tassi,Annamaria Vezzani,Roberto Spreafico +31 more
TL;DR: Focal cortical dysplasias (FCD) are localized regions of malformed cerebral cortex and are very frequently associated with epilepsy in both children and adults.