CHOP at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting 2017
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Experts from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Pediatric Epilepsy Program present on a variety of topics at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting.
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Highlights from Our 2017 Keto Party
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On April 22, 2017, about 25 patients and their family members came out for a fun-filled day at the annual Keto Party.
New Keto Recipes — with Videos!
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We know that cooking for the ketogenic diet can be a challenge. We’re here to help with dozens of kid-friendly recipes and some new step-by-step cooking videos.
Importance of Fluid Intake for Patients on the Ketogenic Diet
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For children on the ketogenic (keto) diet, keeping hydrated is essential to prevent constipation and kidney stones.
Using Precision Medicine to Unravel the Sacred Disease: Genetics as a Tool in the Epilepsy Clinic
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Novel technologies have helped researchers identify more than 30 new genes that cause epilepsy and led neurologists at CHOP to pioneer new diagnostic technologies and treatments.
Characterizing Cognitive Capabilities in Models of Neurologic Disease
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Researchers at CHOP are using novel approaches to watch cognition occurring in real time to help them devise new treatments for conditions such as epilepsy, psychiatric disease and autism.
2016 Black Tie Tailgate Raises More than $550,000 for the Division of Neurology at CHOP
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The 2016 Philadelphia Auto Show’s Black Tie Tailgate broke records, with more than 4,800 people helping to raise over $550,000 for the Division of Neurology.
Mapping the Brain to Optimize Epilepsy Surgery
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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is one of only a handful of pediatric hospitals in the country to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to localize the epileptogenic and sensorimotor cortical regions in order to improve family counseling regarding epilepsy surgery and help surgeons avoid those areas when operating.
Targeted Treatment of Migrating Partial Seizures of Infancy with Quinidine
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Neurologists at CHOP published a case study of a young patient with MPSI found to have an activating mutation in KCNT1 who showed a dramatic reduction in seizure frequency and improvement in psychomotor and language skills after treatment with quinidine.
Rethinking Epilepsy Treatment
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An attending physician in The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Division of Neurology dedicates his current research to investigating how epilepsy works, in hopes of discovering an altogether new way to treat the condition.
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