CHOP Researchers Discover Genetic Variant Associated with Earlier Onset Childhood Epilepsy
Nov 29, 2022
Patients with the identified variant may respond favorably to targeted treatment with a readily available anti-seizure medication.
At the Neuroscience Center, you have access to more than 250 highly specialized clinicians with advanced training and experience in the diagnosis, management and surgical treatment of all types of neurological disorders.
Nov 29, 2022
Patients with the identified variant may respond favorably to targeted treatment with a readily available anti-seizure medication.
Sep 15, 2022
Certain patients were more likely to use telemedicine even with the reopening of in-person appointments, while barriers to telemedicine remained for some families.
Aug 2, 2022
CHOP neurosurgeons collaborated with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to confirm the presence of these neurons from birth through age 92.
May 13, 2022
While telemedicine appeared to be effective in 95% of cases, some younger patients and those with neuromuscular disorders still required in-person visits.
Apr 28, 2022
Unique endocrinology-neurology collaboration seeks to understand the variation in seizure activity in patients with hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia.
Mar 29, 2022
Recovery of normal signaling of a key brain cell may be a critical therapeutic target to reduce seizures and cognitive impairment.
Mar 3, 2022
Measuring days children are minimally impacted by seizures could help researchers determine effectiveness of precision medicine clinical trials.
Feb 22, 2022
The Neuroscience Center takes an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and comprehensive approach to provide patients with individualized, world-class clinical care.
Oct 7, 2021
Mitochondria are not "properly recycled" in some cases, and this may serve as a potential target for future therapeutic interventions.
Nov 30, 2021
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