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Background: Geographic isolates are the ideal setting to study the genetic background and the epidemiology of epilepsy. There are only few published reports on the epidemiology of pediatric epilepsy in geographic isolates. Methods: This study was performed in the Ischia island, district of Napoli (Southern Italy). The local population includes...

Purpose: Dup15q syndrome is a rare genetic disease with a fairly nonspecific phenotype, clinical heterogeneity, and a wide spectrum of severity. However, no formal characterization has been attempted to select clusters of symptoms, signs and instrumental tests, to be used in the differential diagnosis with other neurodevelopmental disorders....

Background: Epilepsy and hypertension are common chronic conditions, both showing high prevalence in older age groups. This review outlines current experimental and clinical evidence on both direct and indirect role of hypertension in epileptogenesis and discusses the principles of drug treatment in patients with hypertension and epilepsy....

The role of different factors in influencing the risk of seizures during multiple sclerosis (MS) is not known. To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for epilepsy during MS. Pubmed, Google scholar, and Scopus databases were searched. Articles published in English (1986–2016) were included. Nine studies were included (3...

The objective of our work was to report the clinical features and the relevance of diagnostic investigations in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). We retrospectively reviewed data from patients with a clinical diagnosis of CIDP included in a national database. Among the 500 included patients with a...