"Epilepsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)
| Descriptor ID |
D004827
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.490
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| Concept/Terms |
Epilepsy- Epilepsy
- Epilepsies
- Seizure Disorder
- Seizure Disorders
Epilepsy, Cryptogenic- Epilepsy, Cryptogenic
- Cryptogenic Epilepsies
- Cryptogenic Epilepsy
- Epilepsies, Cryptogenic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epilepsy" by people in Profiles.
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Pediatric neuromodulation for drug-resistant epilepsy: Survey of current practices, techniques, and outcomes across US epilepsy centers. Epilepsia Open. 2024 Apr; 9(2):785-792.
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Discontinuation of Antiseizure Medications in Patients With Brain Tumors. Neurology. 2024 Feb 27; 102(4):e209163.
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Accuracy of Depth Electrodes is Not Time-Dependent in Robot-Assisted Stereoelectroencephalography in a Pediatric Population. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2023 09 01; 25(3):269-277.
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Community-level prevalence of epilepsy and of neurocysticercosis among people with epilepsy in the Balaka district of Malawi: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 09; 16(9):e0010675.
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Dietary Insights in Neurological Diseases. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2021 09 29; 21(10):55.
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Phenotypic analysis of catastrophic childhood epilepsy genes. Commun Biol. 2021 06 03; 4(1):680.
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De novo variants in SNAP25 cause an early-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Genet Med. 2021 04; 23(4):653-660.
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Distinguishing patients with idiopathic epilepsy from solitary cysticercus granuloma epilepsy and biochemical phenotype assessment using a serum biomolecule profiling platform. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237064.
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Frontal Sinus Osteoma Presenting with Meningitis and Epilepsy. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar; 123:216-220.
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Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Literature Review. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb; 122:252-265.