"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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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epilepsy" by people in Profiles.
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Community health workers to improve adherence to anti-seizure medication in rural South Africa: Is it cost-effective? Epilepsia. 2021 01; 62(1):98-106.
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Epilepsy care cascade, treatment gap and its determinants in rural South Africa. Seizure. 2020 Aug; 80:175-180.
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Quality improvement in neurology: Epilepsy Quality Measurement Set 2017 update. Neurology. 2018 10 30; 91(18):829-836.
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Incidence, Remission and Mortality of Convulsive Epilepsy in Rural Northeast South Africa. PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0129097.
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Prevalence and factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in Africans with epilepsy. Neurology. 2015 May 05; 84(18):1838-45.
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Prevalence and risk factors for active convulsive epilepsy in rural northeast South Africa. Epilepsy Res. 2014 May; 108(4):782-91.
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Oxidative stress, metalloproteinase and LDH in children with intractable and non-intractable epilepsy as reflected in salivary analysis. Epilepsy Res. 2014 Jan; 108(1):117-24.
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Clinical features, proximate causes, and consequences of active convulsive epilepsy in Africa. Epilepsia. 2014 Jan; 55(1):76-85.
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Do helminths cause epilepsy? Parasite Immunol. 2009 Nov; 31(11):697-705.