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Epilepsy

Known as: KAATUMATAUTI/EPILEPSIA, attacks epileptic, Epilepsy [Disease/Finding] 
A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Genome-Wide Copy Number Variation in Epilepsy: Novel Susceptibility Loci in Idiopathic Generalized and Focal Epilepsies
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in humans with a prevalence of 1% and a lifetime incidence of 3… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Memantine is a clinically well tolerated N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist—a review of preclinical data
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Selective changes in single cell GABAA receptor subunit expression and function in temporal lobe epilepsy
Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most prevalent seizure disorder in adults. Compromised inhibitory neurotransmitter function in the… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Epidemiology of the epilepsies.
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND CASE FINDING Accurate diagnostic and case ascertainment methods are a prerequisite for epidemiological… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Surgical treatment of the epilepsies
Prologue: toward a surgical cure for epilepsy - the work of Wilder Penfield and his school at the Montreal Neurologic Institute… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Prevalence of Epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota: 1940–1980
Summary: : The prevalence of epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota has been determined for a specific date in each of 5 decennial… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Experience with the International League Against Epilepsy Proposals for Classification of Epileptic Seizures and the Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes in a Pediatric Outpatient Epilepsy Clinic
Summary: The International League Against Epilepsy proposals for classification of epileptic seizures (1981) and of the… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Calcium Fluxes, Calcium Antagonists, and Calcium-Related Pathology in Brain Ischemia, Hypoglycemia, and Spreading Depression: A Unifying Hypothesis
It has been commonly assumed that calcium, which normally serves important functions as a membrane stabilizer, metabolic… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Low-dimensional chaos in an instance of epilepsy.
Using a time series obtained from the electroencephalogram recording of a human epileptic seizure, we show the existence of a… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Predictors of epilepsy in children who have experienced febrile seizures.
We examined the frequency of development of afebrile seizures in 1706 children who had experienced at least one febrile seizure… 
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