2022
Acute symptomatic seizures: an educational, evidence‐based review
Mauritz M, Hirsch LJ, Camfield P, Chin R, Nardone R, Lattanzi S, Trinka E. Acute symptomatic seizures: an educational, evidence‐based review. Epileptic Disorders 2022, 24: 26-49. PMID: 34789447, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2021.1376.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Limbic Encephalitis Associated With Anti–Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Complex Antibodies Mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Yoo JY, Hirsch LJ. Limbic Encephalitis Associated With Anti–Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Complex Antibodies Mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. JAMA Neurology 2014, 71: 79-82. PMID: 24247910, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.5179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseFaciobrachial dystonic seizuresDystonic seizuresLimbic encephalitisPotassium channel complex antibodiesAbnormal basal gangliaCommon treatable conditionsMagnetic resonance imagingNonparaneoplastic formsProgressive confusionClinical featuresBasal gangliaTreatable conditionTreatable diseaseComplete resolutionSimilar presentationComplex antibodiesRapid onsetResonance imagingSyndromeEncephalitisReversible conditionDiseaseSeizuresImmunotherapy
2007
Diagnostic Utility of an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Smolowitz JL, Hopkins SC, Perrine T, Eck KE, Hirsch LJ, Mundinger M. Diagnostic Utility of an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2007, 22: 117-122. PMID: 17395968, DOI: 10.1177/1062860606298295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpilepsy monitoring unitSymptom onsetAntiepileptic drugsDefinitive diagnosisDiagnostic utilityAdult epilepsy monitoring unitEpilepsy surgery referralSpecialized epilepsy centersStandard antiepileptic drugsVideo-electroencephalographic monitoringMedian durationEpilepsy centersReferral patternsAdmissionMonitoring unitDiagnosisEpilepsyDrugsTreatmentGuidelinesOnsetReviewYearsPatientsSeizures
2003
Absence Epilepsy with Onset before Age Three Years: Could this Be Glut‐1 Deficiency Syndrome (De Vivo Syndrome)?
Hirsch LJ. Absence Epilepsy with Onset before Age Three Years: Could this Be Glut‐1 Deficiency Syndrome (De Vivo Syndrome)? Epilepsia 2003, 45: 92-93. PMID: 14692915, DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.41503.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Ictal heart rate differentiates epileptic from non-epileptic seizures
Opherk C, Hirsch LJ. Ictal heart rate differentiates epileptic from non-epileptic seizures. Neurology 2002, 58: 636-638. PMID: 11865145, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.58.4.636.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChi-Square DistributionDiagnosis, DifferentialElectrocardiographyElectroencephalographyEpilepsyHeart RateHumansSeizuresTachycardia