Josemir W. Sander

TL;DR: Serum concentrations of DCPP-ene were found to be unpredictable and higher than expected from pharmacokinetic data on normal subjects, and there was no clear relationship between serum concentrations and the severity of side-effects.

TL;DR: This study seems to confirm suggestions that mortality rates are higher in patients with epilepsy than in the general population, but prospective studies are warranted to ascertain underlying mechanisms.

TL;DR: Seven distinct patterns of (post)ictal cardiac arrhythmias were identified: ictal asystole, bradycardia and AV-conduction block were self-limiting in all but one of the cases and seen during focal dyscognitive seizures.

TL;DR: Up to 70% of people developing epilepsy may expect to become seizure free with optimum antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy, but the remaining 30% are the most difficult to treat.

TL;DR: Results suggest that many SNPs contribute to disease predisposition in an apparently population- specific manner, however, subtle differences in phenotyping across cohorts, combined with a poor understanding of how the underlying genetic component to epilepsy aligns with current phenotypic classifications, might also account for apparent population-specific genetic risk factors.