Epilepsy mortality in Wales during COVID-19.

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased mortality worldwide and those with chronic conditions may have been disproportionally affected. However, it is unknown whether the pandemic has changed mortality rates for people with epilepsy. We aimed to compare mortality rates in people with epilepsy in Wales during the pandemic with pre-pandemic rates.

Treatment of Involuntary Movements with Carbamazepine in Dystonic-Choreoathetoid Cerebral Palsy.

Choreoathetoid movements are quite common in cerebral palsy (CP). This is the first report of a patient with choreoathetoid CP who was successfully treated with carbamazepine. Therefore, clinicians should try carbamazepine for involuntary movements in CP patients before pursuing other procudures.

Utility of specific IgG4 response in saliva and serum samples for the diagnosis and follow up of human neurocysticercosis.

This study was aimed to analyze the Ig subtypes and IgG1 and IgG4 subclass responses to crude soluble extract (CSE) antigen and Ag B of Cysticercus cellulosae in pre and post treatment (PT) saliva and serum samples for the diagnosis and follow-up of neurocysticercosis (NCC) patients. Saliva and serum samples collected from 55 patients (15 highly suggestive of NCC clinically and radiologically, 10 hydatidosis, 10 other helminthic infections, 10 tubercular meningitis, 10 neurological disorders other than NCC), 15 normal healthy subjects and 10 NCC patients at 1, 3 and 6 months following albendazole therapy were analyzed for specific IgG, IgG1, IgG4, IgM and IgA antibody responses by ELISA. With the use of CSE Ag, the rank orders in saliva for sensitivity was IgG (71.