Epileptiform activity in the electroencephalogram of 6-year-old children of women with epilepsy.

Purpose: To study the epileptiform discharges (EDs) in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of 6-8-year-old children of women with epilepsy (WWE).

Materials And Methods: All children born to women with epilepsy and prospectively followed up through the Kerala Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy (KREP), aged 6-8 years, were invited (n = 532). Out of the 254 children who responded, clinical evaluations and a 30-min digital 18 channel EEG were completed in 185 children.

Low seroprevalence of systemic cysticercosis among patients with epilepsy in Kerala--South India.

Purpose: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is considered to be rare in Kerala state, India, although it is an important cause of epilepsy in many other parts of India. Our objective was to test this notion by determining the seroprevalence of cysticercosis (CC) in an unselected sample of persons with epilepsy and comparing it to that of persons without epilepsy living in Kerala.

Methods: Individuals with active epilepsy (AE) who had never resided outside Kerala state for more than one month and were attending our center for epilepsy care constituted the cases.

Predictors of seizures during pregnancy in women with epilepsy.

We aimed to characterize the seizure pattern during pregnancy in a large cohort of women with epilepsy (WWE) and identify possible predictors of seizure relapse during pregnancy. We recorded the antiepileptic drug (AED) use and seizure frequency for WWE during the prepregnancy month and pregnancy. The seizure profile was correlated with the clinical details and seizure type as abstracted from the clinical records maintained in the registry.

Neurological manifestations of dengue virus infection.

Aim: Paucity of studies on neurological manifestations in dengue virus infection prompted this study. We aim to correlate clinical, radiological and neurophysiological changes in dengue patients with neurological manifestations.

Method: Consecutive IgM seropositive dengue patients admitted in neurology ward during 2003-2005 have been prospectively evaluated.

Penile urethral obstruction in a subject with spinal cord injury.

Study Design: Single case report.

Objective: To report a case of urethral obstruction because of calculus in a subject with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Setting: Bangalore, India.