Infantile epileptic spasms are among the most serious forms of epilepsy in early childhood, yet diagnosing them remains a major clinical challenge. Today, seizure identification often depends on ...

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München-led researchers have induced a greater than 60% reduction in seizure frequency in a preterm infant with early-onset SCN2A developmental and epileptic ...

Treating children with epilepsy has traditionally been a matter of trial and error, trying different drugs one after the other. In the one-third of patients for whom the drugs do not work and seizures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rupert Smith was diagnosed with alternating hemiplegia of childhood after months of unexplained seizures and near-death episodes ...

Using rapid genome sequencing, researchers evaluate the impact of an expedited genetic diagnosis of infantile epilepsy. Rapid genome sequencing (rGS) testing is feasible to facilitate early diagnosis ...

Toxicity-induced seizures constitute a critical subset of paediatric neurological emergencies, arising from exposure to a diverse array of chemical and botanical agents. Young children, particularly ...

An infant was diagnosed with an incurable "one-in-a-million" neurological condition after his parents noticed one minor sign. David and Siobhan Smith — a couple from North Wales, England — welcomed a ...