AIMS: A precise assessment of the drug-resistant epileptic pediatric population for surgical candidacy is often challenging, and to date there are no evidence-based guidelines for presurgical identification of the epileptogenic zone. To evaluate the usefulness of radionuclide imaging techniques for presurgical evaluation of epileptic pediatric patients, we compared the results of video-electroencephalography (EEG), brain MR imaging, interictal SPECT, ictal SPECT, subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MR imaging (SISCOM), and interictal PET with 18F-FDG.

AIMS: There is a need for an objective assessment scoring system to evaluate the effectiveness of prophylactic drugs in paediatric migraine and the aim of this study was to evaluate the Paediatric Migraine Disability Assessment score (PedMIDAS).  

In a recent study published in the Lancet Neurology, researchers from the Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Network have tried to identify MRI predictors of a subsequent MS diagnosis in a paediatric population using a standardised scoring method for MRI scans ( standardised 1.5 Tesla) from a national prospective incidence cohort of children under 16yrs of age with CNS demyelination.

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Epileptic Disorders. Volume 12, Number 3, 172-80, September 2010, Original article Author(s) : Ingmar Blümcke, Tom Pieper, Elisabeth Pauli, Michelle Hildebrandt, Manfred Kudernatsch, Peter Winkler, Anja Karlmeier, Hans Holthausen

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