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John T. Langfitt
Researcher at University of Rochester
Publications - 77
Citations - 6220
John T. Langfitt is an academic researcher from University of Rochester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Epilepsy & Epilepsy surgery. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 73 publications receiving 5413 citations. Previous affiliations of John T. Langfitt include Mayo Clinic & University of Rochester Medical Center.
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Early Surgical Therapy for Drug-Resistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Randomized Trial
Jerome Engel,Michael P. McDermott,Samuel Wiebe,John T. Langfitt,John M. Stern,Sandra Dewar,Michael R. Sperling,Irenita Gardiner,Giuseppe Erba,Itzhak Fried,Margaret Jacobs,Harry V. Vinters,Scott Mintzer,Karl Kieburtz +13 more
TL;DR: Whether surgery soon after failure of 2 antiepileptic drug (AED) trials is superior to continued medical management in controlling seizures and improving quality of life (QOL) is sought and among patients with newly intractable disabling MTLE, resective surgery plus AED treatment resulted in a lower probability of seizures during year 2 of follow-up than continued AEDtreatment alone.
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The consequences of refractory epilepsy and its treatment
Kenneth D. Laxer,Eugen Trinka,Lawrence J. Hirsch,Fernando Cendes,John T. Langfitt,Norman Delanty,Trevor Resnick,Selim R. Benbadis +7 more
TL;DR: This critical review summarizes known risks associated with refractory epilepsy, provides practical clinical recommendations, and indicates areas for future research.
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Global cognitive function in children with epilepsy: a community-based study.
Anne T. Berg,John T. Langfitt,Francine M. Testa,Susan R. Levy,Francis J. DiMario,Michael Westerveld,Joseph Kulas +6 more
TL;DR: To determine the frequency and determinants of subnormal global cognitive function in a representative, community‐based sample of children prospectively identified at the time of initial diagnosis of epilepsy.
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Predicting long-term seizure outcome after resective epilepsy surgery The Multicenter Study
Susan S. Spencer,Anne T. Berg,Barbara G. Vickrey,Michael R. Sperling,Carl W. Bazil,Shlomo Shinnar,John T. Langfitt,Thaddeus S. Walczak,Steven V. Pacia +8 more
TL;DR: Hippocampal atrophy and a history of absence of generalized tonic clonic seizures were the sole predictors of 2-year remission, and only for medial temporal resections.
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How long does it take for partial epilepsy to become intractable
Anne T. Berg,John T. Langfitt,Shlomo Shinnar,Barbara G. Vickrey,Michael R. Sperling,Thaddeus S. Walczak,Carl W. Bazil,Steven V. Pacia,Susan S. Spencer +8 more
TL;DR: A substantial proportion of localization-related epilepsy may not become clearly intractable for many years after onset, especially true of epilepsy of childhood and early adolescent onset.