Search Results - subject:"Epilepsy"

LARTER, RAIMA; CRAIG, MELISSA GLENDENING; TINSLEY, REBECCA - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 06 (2003) 01, pp. 93-114

subnetwork dynamics in epilepsy and an intriguing new possiblity that calcium waves in fields of astrocytes in the brain may be …

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The Cost Effectiveness of Two New Antiepileptic Therapies in the Absence of Direct Comparative Data: A First Approximation

van Hout, Ben A.; Gagnon, Dennis D.; Mcnulty, Pauline; … - In: PharmacoEconomics 21 (2003) 5, pp. 315-326

lamotrigine) for epilepsy that have been assessed in clinical trials against placebo. Methods: Without head to head comparative … lamotrigine with placebo. Results: Assuming that the `proportionality assumption' holds for the medical treatment of epilepsy, and …

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A Markov model of treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy in the UK

Remák, E.; Hutton, J.; Price, M.; Peeters, K.; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 4 (2003) 4, pp. 271-278

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Quality of Life in Patients with Epilepsy and Impact of Treatments

Berto, Patrizia - In: PharmacoEconomics 20 (2002) 15, pp. 1039-1059

Epilepsy is a chronic condition with numerous social and psychological consequences. This work aimed to review … available data on epilepsy and the impact of surgical and pharmaceutical treatments on the quality of life in adults and … children. Research on quality of life in epilepsy is characterised by a wide and fragmentary range of methodology, both in …

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Economic Evaluation of Antiepileptic Drug Therapy: A Methodologic Review

Lévy, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2002

epilepsy. We reviewed this literature to identify and discuss methodologic issues. Methods: We included all studies devoted to … agreed with previous reviews on the difficulty of compare results from economic studies in epilepsy due to heterogeneity in …

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Nonlinear structures in electroencephalogram signals

Diambra, L.; Malta, C.P.; Capurro, A.; Fernández, J. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 300 (2001) 3, pp. 505-520

We apply a nonlinear prediction algorithm to investigate the presence of nonlinear structure in electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. The EEG signal could be modeled as a realization of a nonlinear model plus a residual noise (uncorrelated Gaussian noise). Using linear and nonlinear models we...

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Cost-of-Illness of Epilepsy in Italy: Data from a Multicentre Observational Study (Episcreen)

Berto, P.; Tinuper, P.; Viaggi, S. - In: PharmacoEconomics 17 (2000) 2, pp. 197-208

Objective: To investigate the impact of epilepsy in Italy on healthcare resources, producing an average cost per … of patients with epilepsy from this project, we conducted a retrospective cost-of-illness analysis based on clinical … Episcreen database as at 21 November 1996. They were diagnosed with epilepsy at the last visit, had at least 1 follow-up visit …

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Self-Management of Epilepsy: A Review of the Concept and Its Outcomes

Buelow, Janice M.; Johnson, Joyce - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 8 (2000) 6, pp. 327-336

Development of self-management skills for the people with epilepsy is important to maintain optimum health. Self …, includes techniques to manage situations that arise as a result of having epilepsy. A study that focused on the perception of … self-management by people with epilepsy provided expanded information about the importance of self-management to these …

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Use of Surgical Procedures in the Treatment of Epilepsy: Interventions and Outcomes

Langfitt, John T.; Bronstein, Kathryn - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 5 (1999) 1, pp. 23-40

Medically intractable epilepsy (MIE) is a chronic disabling condition that primarily affects the young. Inadequately …

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Ensuring Appropriate Care in Epilepsy: An Overview of Epidemiological and Cost of Illness Considerations

Heaney, Dominic C.; Sander, Josemir W.A.S. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 4 (1998) 6, pp. 303-313

Epilepsy is an important health problem throughout the world. In order to best manage epilepsy within a population, its … epidemiological profile should be established. Epidemiological studies have shown that epilepsy is a very common, chronic condition … incidence rate of epilepsy is estimated to be approximately 40 to 70 per 100 000 population, and the prevalence is estimated to …

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