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Seizures (Seizure) Summary

Description: Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."

Also Known As: Seizure; Convulsions; Convulsion; Tonic-Clonic Seizure; Focal Seizures Show All >>

Networked: 33352 relevant articles (2613 outcomes, 3946 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Seizures

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Anticonvulsants (Antiepileptic Drugs) : 263 outcomes 314 studies in 2772 results : IBA
  2. Pentylenetetrazole (Metrazol) : 191 outcomes 323 studies in 2658 results : IBA
  3. Valproic Acid (Valproate, Semisodium) : 183 outcomes 143 studies in 1183 results : FDA 51 Generic
  4. Carbamazepine (Tegretol) : 150 outcomes 145 studies in 1038 results : FDA 24 Generic
  5. Phenytoin (Dilantin) : 136 outcomes 150 studies in 1289 results : FDA 9 Generic
  6. Diazepam (Valium) : 130 outcomes 92 studies in 1162 results : FDA 84 Generic
  7. Phenobarbital (Luminal) : 111 outcomes 106 studies in 1024 results : FDA 1
  8. lamotrigine (Lamictal) : 98 outcomes 101 studies in 447 results : FDA 33 Generic
  9. topiramate (Topamax) : 86 outcomes 92 studies in 336 results : FDA 28 Generic
  10. N-Methylaspartate (NMDA) : 82 outcomes 88 studies in 948 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Seizures

  1. Seizures (Seizure)
  2. Epilepsy (Aura)
  3. Status Epilepticus (Complex Partial Status Epilepticus)
  4. Partial Epilepsies (Epilepsy, Partial)
  5. Absence Epilepsy (Absence Seizure)
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Key Therapies for Seizures

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  1. Ketogenic Diet : 40 outcomes 24 studies in 241 results
  2. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) : 35 outcomes 27 studies in 402 results
  3. Hemispherectomy : 30 outcomes 10 studies in 178 results
  4. Vagus Nerve Stimulation : 28 outcomes 25 studies in 237 results
  5. Electrodes (Electrode) : 23 outcomes 55 studies in 805 results
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