Epilepsy is the propensity of an individual to have unprovoked seizures due to an underlying neurological or somatic condition, associated with a range of comorbidities and premature mortality. Establishing the epidemiological characteristics of a symptom complex such as epilepsy is complicated due to several methodological issues, including problems over definitions, attributions in a field of high comorbidity, concealment and potential for selection bias. A risk factor is a variable associated with increased disease risk. MRI is the primary imaging modality for people with epilepsy. Indications for MRI include a focal epilepsy syndrome, a focal neurological deficit, failure to respond to first-line ASMs and changes in seizure pattern or seizure recurrence after a period of seizure freedom. Neuropsychological difficulties are significant in epilepsy, encompassing cognitive and affective problems, and have multifactorial aetiologies.
Epilepsy and Related Disorders / Duncan J., Sander J., Alim-Marvasti A., Balestrini S., Baxendale S., Bindman D., Chinthapalli K., Chowdhury F., Diehl B., Eriksson S., Foong J., Heaney D., Khan S., Koepp M., Kullmann D., Rajakulendran S., Rugg-Gunn F., Sidhu M., Sisodiya S., de Tisi J., et al.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2024), pp. 247-318. [10.1002/9781119715672.ch10]
Epilepsy and Related Disorders
Balestrini S.;
2024
Abstract
Epilepsy is the propensity of an individual to have unprovoked seizures due to an underlying neurological or somatic condition, associated with a range of comorbidities and premature mortality. Establishing the epidemiological characteristics of a symptom complex such as epilepsy is complicated due to several methodological issues, including problems over definitions, attributions in a field of high comorbidity, concealment and potential for selection bias. A risk factor is a variable associated with increased disease risk. MRI is the primary imaging modality for people with epilepsy. Indications for MRI include a focal epilepsy syndrome, a focal neurological deficit, failure to respond to first-line ASMs and changes in seizure pattern or seizure recurrence after a period of seizure freedom. Neuropsychological difficulties are significant in epilepsy, encompassing cognitive and affective problems, and have multifactorial aetiologies.
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