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Value of smartphone videos for diagnosis of seizures: Everyone owns half an epilepsy monitoring unit by Amin, Ushtar, Primiani, Christopher T., MacIver, Stephanie, Rivera‐Cruz, Angélica, Frontera, Alfred T., Benbadis, Selim R.

“…The diagnosis of epilepsy is primarily based on the history and the verbal description of the events in question. Smartphone videos are increasingly used to…”
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Outcome of prolonged video-EEG monitoring in a new VA monitoring unit by Amin, Ushtar, Benbadis, Selim R., Frontera, Alfred T.

“…For patients with refractory seizures or seizure-like activity, prolonged inpatient video-electroencephalography (EEG) (v-EEG) is standard of care to guide…”
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Tobacco smoking, epilepsy, and seizures by Rong, Lingling, Frontera, Alfred T, Benbadis, Selim R

“…Abstract Tobacco smoking is considered the greatest risk factor for death caused by noncommunicable diseases. In contrast to extensive research on the…”
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Implementation of an established algorithm and modifications for the identification of epilepsy patients in the veterans health administration by Rehman, Rizwana, PhD, Everhart, Amanda, MSN, FNP-BC, Frontera, Alfred T., MD, Kelly, Pamela R., DHA, MBA/HCM, Lopez, Maria, MD, Riley, Denise, APRN, Sajan, Sheela, MSN, RN, Schooff, David M., MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, Tran, Tung T., MD, MS, Husain, Aatif M., MD

“…Highlights • Efforts for identifying epilepsy patients in the VHA are presented. • The number of epilepsy patients in the VHA ranges between 74,000 and 87,000…”
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The Yield of Ambulatory Video-EEG: Predictors of Successful Event Capture by Li, Caralynn, Amin, Ushtar, Rivera-Cruz, Angelica, Frontera, Alfred T, Benbadis, Selim R

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the likelihood of capturing a patient's typical event in question on ambulatory video-EEG monitoring (AVEM) based on…”
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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in a Patient with Previous Psychosis and Neurological Abnormalities: A Diagnostic Challenge by Catalano, Glenn, Frontera, Alfred T., Catalano, Maria C., Heekin, R. David

“…Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is an autoimmune disorder characterized by IgG autoantibodies directed against the NR1 subunit of the…”
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Addressing potential role of magnesium dyshomeostasis to improve treatment efficacy for epilepsy: A reexamination of the literature by Osborn, Katie E., Shytle, R. Douglas, Frontera, Alfred T., Soble, Jason R., Schoenberg, Mike R.

“…Magnesium (Mg2+) is an abundant mineral in the body serving many biochemical functions. Magnesium supplementation has been shown to raise seizure threshold in…”
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Differentiating Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder From Those of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Case Report by YEHL, JENNIFER L., KLIPPEL, CORY M., FRONTERA, ALFRED T., KOZEL, F. ANDREW

“…Bipolar I disorder and interictal personality syndrome have many overlapping characteristics that are difficult to distinguish. There is scant literature…”
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A Case of Paraneoplastic Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung by Wu, Danwei, Liu, Anne, Baldinger, Esther, Frontera, Alfred T

“…We report a case of a 61-year-old man with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung presenting with rapidly progressive symmetric ascending weakness…”
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An update on epilepsy by Schoenberg, Mike R, Frontera, Alfred T, Bozorg, Ali, Hernandez-Frau, Pedro, Vale, Fernando, Benbadis, Selim R

“…The understanding of seizures and epilepsy as a disease has accelerated to reflect advances in the understanding of the interplay of seizures and epilepsy on…”
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Acute Encephalopathy Following Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in a Patient on Metronidazole by Baldinger, Esther, Sirotkin, Igor, Zeng, Waylon M, Rizzo, Jennifer, Murphy, Elizabeth, Martinez, Carlos, Frontera, Alfred T

“…This case describes a patient who presented to the emergency department for an acute onset of encephalopathy following hyperbaric oxygen treatment and…”
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Predictors of 30-day readmission after index hospitalization for epilepsy: a 5-year national estimate using the Nationwide Readmission (NRD) database (P2.5-029) by Savani, Chirag, Kumar, Varun, Richardson, Colby, Amin, Sheyar, MacIver, Stephanie, Frontera, Alfred T., Benbadis, Selim

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Incidence and predictors of in hospital mortality associated with status epilepticus: an estimate using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database (2011–2014) (S48.008) by Amin, Sheyar, Savani, Chirag, Richardson, Colby, Kumar, Varun, MacIver, Stephanie, Frontera, Alfred T., Benbadis, Selim

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The Yield of Ambulatory Video-EEG by Li, Caralynn, Amin, Ushtar, Rivera-Cruz, Angelica, Frontera, Alfred T., Benbadis, Selim R.

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A Case of Paraneoplastic Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung by Wu, Danwei, Liu, Anne, Baldinger, Esther, Frontera, Alfred T

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Acute autonomic neuropathy. Its occurrence in infectious mononucleosis by Yahr, M D, Frontera, A T

“…A 13-year-old girl with acute onset of symptoms limited to autonomic dysfunction was found to be suffering from infectious mononucleosis. With symptomatic…”
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Joseph I.SirvenJohn M.SternAtlas of Video-EEG Monitoring2011McGraw–Hill MedicalNew YorkHard cover/color. 579 pp. $169.00. ISBN: 978-0-07-159742-5 by Frontera, Alfred T.

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Book Review by Frontera, Alfred T.

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Book Review by Frontera, Alfred T

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