Evaluation of clinical features of elderly epilepsy in China.

Recent data indicate that the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy are high among the elderly, many of whom will have concomitant neurodegenerative, cerebrovascular, or neoplastic disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with epilepsy in China. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of 104 outpatients over 50 years of age (average: 63.

Antiepileptic drug-induced skin reactions: a retrospective study and analysis in 3793 Chinese patients with epilepsy.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence and clinical characteristics of AED-related skin reactions, along with factors influencing these reactions, in a sample of 3793 Chinese epileptic patients.

Materials And Methods: Between February 1999 and April 2010, consecutive patients with epilepsy were studied retrospectively. A detailed survey of each patient's medical records concerning all treatment with AEDs was performed.

Cross-reactivity of skin rashes with current antiepileptic drugs in Chinese population.

Objective: Due to less experience with the cross-reactivity of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in Chinese population, we surveyed the rates of cross- reactivity of rash among commonly used AEDs in Chinese patients with epilepsy, particularly between the traditional and the new compounds.

Methods: We have retrospectively reviewed the medical records concerning all antiepileptic drug treatment in consecutive Chinese patients with epilepsy in our center. The incidence of AED-related rash was determined in 3793 outpatients, taking at least one of the AEDs-carbamazepine (CBZ), valproic acid (VPA), phenytoin (PHT), phenobarbital (PB), clonazepam (CZP), oxcarbazepine (OXC), lamotrigine (LTG), gabapentin (GBP), topiramate (TPM), levetiracetam (LEV) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

MRI sequence findings in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

MRI has had an important role in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of different MRI sequences among six biopsy-proven patients with sporadic CJD (sCJD) and seven patients with probable sCJD. These 13 patients with CJD aged from 36 years to 75 years (mean age: 55.

Primary intracerebral Rosai-Dorfman disease.

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (SHML), also known as Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), is an idiopathic histiocytic disorder of lymph nodes and extranodal sites. Central nervous system (CNS) manifestations, particularly in the absence of nodal disease, are rare. Intracranial RDD clinically and radiologically resembles meningioma, and histologic examination is essential for a definitive diagnosis.