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Investigators at Harvard University Have Published New Data on Epilepsy

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, April 4th, 2011

2011 APR 4 -- In this recently published article, scientists in Boston, United States conducted a study "To evaluate the relationship of sleep/wake and day/night pattern to various seizure subtypes and epilepsy localizations. Charts of 380 consecutive pediatric patients with epilepsy undergoing video-EEG (V-EEG) over 2 years were reviewed for seizure semiology, EEG localization, occurrence during the day (6 AM-6 PM) or night, during wakefulness and sleep, 3-hour time blocks throughout 24 hours, and various epilepsy localizations, and etiology."

"A total of 1,008 seizures were analyzed in 225 children (mean age 8.5 +/- 5.7 years). Sleep and wakefulness...

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