Pediatric Neurology News

ORLANDO — Caregivers of patients in the U.K. with Dravet syndrome would benefit from better communication, access to health care and increased psychosocial interventions, per a poster at the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.

ORLANDO — Genetic testing, which is likely to identify underlying genetic causes for the condition, should be a component of diagnostic evaluations for adult patients with epilepsy, according to new research.

ORLANDO — For U.S. pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, disparities in surgical care exist with respect to age, socioeconomic and insurance variables, leading to differences in long-term outcomes, according to research.

Health Canada has authorized an amendment to the ongoing REVEAL phase 1/2 trial evaluating an AAV9 investigational gene transfer therapy that expands eligibility to patients with Rett syndrome aged 12 years and older.

Almost one in five school-aged children and preteens now take melatonin for aid in sleeping, according to survey findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

In this Healio video, Robert C. Stowe, MD, an instructor of neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discusses a new perspective on how sleep and circadian rhythms influence seizures.

In this Healio video, Robert C. Stowe, MD, an instructor of neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discusses highlights from a session at the Child Neurology Society annual meeting.

Robert C. Stowe, MD, an instructor of neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discusses key features from his session at the Child Neurology Society annual meeting in this Healio video.

In this Healio video, Ariel Maia Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD, shares resources that promoted career advancement at the Child Neurology Society annual meeting in Vancouver.

In this video, Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, FAAN, discusses prognostic and diagnostic dilemmas in fetal neurology.