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Efficacy of phenobarbital in treating elderly epilepsy patients in rural northeast China: a community-based intervention trial
In the latest study, there were approximately 45.9 million individuals with active epilepsy (at least one breakthrough seizure in the past 5 years) globally and approximately 3.26 million patients with epilepsy (PWE) in China [1]. Epilepsy is the third most common neurological disorder in the elderly population after stroke and dementia [2] and is comparatively more frequent in this population than in the young population [3]. The number of patients with late-onset epilepsy (LOE; recurrent unprovoked seizures starting at 60 years or older [4]) has increased significantly, representing up to 25% of new-onset epilepsies [5].
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - May 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Nan Li, Jing Li, Danyang Zhao, Weihong Lin Source Type: research

A Chinese Family With Adult-Onset Leigh-Like Syndrome Caused by the Heteroplasmic m.10191T > C Mutation in the Mitochondrial MTND3 Gene
Conclusion The m.10191T>C mutation in the mtDNA of the complex I (CI) subunit of MTND3 results in the substitution of a highly conserved amino acid (p.Ser45Pro) within the ND3 protein, leading to CI dysfunction through impaired enzyme catalysis rather than impaired stability or assembly, causing a broad clinical spectrum of disorders (26). Patients with the m.10191T>C mutation are rare. In the present study, we report on a family of patients with the extremely rare adult-onset Leigh-like syndrome with the m.10191T>C mutation. Including the two patients from our reported family, the m.10191T...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 17, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research