2016
Drug‐resistant epilepsy in adults: Outcome trajectories after failure of two medications
Choi H, Hayat MJ, Zhang R, Hirsch LJ, Bazil CW, Mendiratta A, Kato K, Javed A, Legge AW, Buchsbaum R, Resor S, Heiman GA. Drug‐resistant epilepsy in adults: Outcome trajectories after failure of two medications. Epilepsia 2016, 57: 1152-1160. PMID: 27265407, DOI: 10.1111/epi.13406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant epilepsySeizure freedomAntiepileptic drugsAdult patientsEpilepsy typeFocal epilepsyContinuous seizure freedomThird antiepileptic drugTertiary epilepsy centerSeizure-free periodMultiple ordinal logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsOrdinal logistic regression modelsClinical factorsIndependent predictorsEpilepsy centersMedical managementFluctuating courseOccipital lobeTemporal lobeEligibility criteriaPatientsEpilepsyTrajectory outcomesOutcome trajectories
2014
The spatial and signal characteristics of physiologic high frequency oscillations
Alkawadri R, Gaspard N, Goncharova II, Spencer DD, Gerrard JL, Zaveri H, Duckrow RB, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ. The spatial and signal characteristics of physiologic high frequency oscillations. Epilepsia 2014, 55: 1986-1995. PMID: 25470216, PMCID: PMC5123742, DOI: 10.1111/epi.12851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysiologic high-frequency oscillationsSeizure onsetEpileptic networkNon-rapid eye movement sleepComprehensive Epilepsy CenterMesial temporal structuresEye movement sleepHighest HFO ratesHigh-frequency oscillationsFirst seizureInvasive evaluationEpilepsy centersIntracranial evaluationMovement sleepPerirolandic regionEpileptiform dischargesParietooccipital regionOccipital lobeEpileptic sitesPatientsNonepileptic regionsPhysiologic eventsFast ripplesHFO ratesLonger duration