Prognostic factors in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Purpose: To disclose clinical, electrophysiologic, and neuroradiologic factors correlated to prognosis in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE).

Methods: One hundred thirty-six MTLE patients were studied for family history, clinical characteristics, instrumental data [electroencephalography (EEG), video-EEG, neuroimaging], and outcome. The population was divided into drug-resistant (DR: 108 patients, 79.

Quality of life, eating and mood disorders in menstrual migraine: a case-control study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of mood and eating disorders in patients with menstrual migraine. Quality of life and disability were also assessed. The study confirmed the presence of significant disability and poor quality of life due to migraine even in a selected subgroup of patients affected with menstrual migraine.