Gene therapy is being studied for some forms of epilepsy. It relies on viral or non-viral vectors to deliver DNA or RNA to target brain areas where seizures...
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current. Gene therapy for color blindness Gene therapy for epilepsy Gene therapy for osteoarthritis Gene therapy in Parkinson's disease Gene therapy of the...
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therapy gene therapy for color blindness gene therapy for epilepsy gene therapy for osteoarthritis gene therapy in Parkinson's disease gene therapy of the...
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Dravet syndrome (redirect from Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy)
recommended if there is any doubt. Due to drug-refractory epilepsy in DS, many other therapies are being explored to prolong the life expectancy of patients...
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Gene therapy for osteoarthritis is the application of gene therapy to treat osteoarthritis (OA). Unlike pharmacological treatments which are administered...
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genes: gene therapy gene therapy for epilepsy gene therapy for osteoarthritis gene therapy for color blindness gene therapy of the human retina gene therapy...
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factors are higher in epilepsy patients, especially those with generalized epilepsy. Gene therapy is being studied in some types of epilepsy. Medications that...
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Ketogenic diet (redirect from Ketogenic diet (Epilepsy))
low-carbohydrate dietary therapy that in conventional medicine is used mainly to treat hard-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces...
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Absence seizure (redirect from Absence epilepsy)
Epilepsy Therapy Project. "Absence Seizures". Epilepsy Foundation. Retrieved 8 May 2013. V. Crunelli, N. Leresche Childhood absence epilepsy: genes,...
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Seizure (category Epilepsy)
lacking. Two promising areas include gene therapy, and seizure detection and seizure prediction. Gene therapy for epilepsy consists of employing vectors to...
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Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies (PME) are a rare group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases characterized by myoclonus, resistance to treatment, and...
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Epileptic spasms (redirect from Generalized flexion epilepsy)
his own son, James Edwin West (1840–1860). Other names for it are "generalized flexion epilepsy", "infantile epileptic encephalopathy", "infantile myoclonic...
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cortical dysplasia is a common cause of intractable epilepsy in children and is a frequent cause of epilepsy in adults. There are three types of FCD with subtypes...
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responsible for the disease occurs in the dystrophin gene. CRISPR has been used to correct for this. Similarly, for Dravet syndrome, which is an epilepsy disorder...
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MERRF syndrome (redirect from Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers)
MERRF syndrome (or myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers) is a mitochondrial disease. It is extremely rare, and has varying degrees of expressivity...
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Epilepsy-intellectual disability in females also known as PCDH19 gene-related epilepsy or epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 9 (EIEE9), is a rare...
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health defects including Hirschsprung disease, intellectual disability, epilepsy, delayed growth and motor development, congenital heart disease, genitourinary...
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Myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE), also known as myoclonic atonic epilepsy or Doose syndrome, and renamed "Epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures" in the...
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is a technique for treating insomnia without (or alongside) medications. Insomnia is a common problem...
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caused by pathogenic variants in the gene CDKL5. The symptoms of CDD include early infantile onset refractory epilepsy; hypotonia; developmental, intellectual...
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Characteristic facial appearance (but not in all cases). A history of epilepsy and an abnormal EEG tracing. A happy disposition with frequent laughter...
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Spike-and-wave (section Spike-and-wave in epilepsy)
generalized EEG pattern seen particularly during absence epilepsy, also known as ‘petit mal’ epilepsy. The basic mechanisms underlying these patterns are complex...
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SLC13A5 citrate transporter disorder (redirect from SLC13A5 Epilepsy)
with SLC13A5 Epilepsy require an accurate diagnosis to receive proper treatment, particularly with the precision therapy in development for this disease...
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Pennsylvania to develop an ASO under a program focused on developing new therapies for Epilepsy and Neuro-Developmental Disorders (ENDD). The MIND Institute at...
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disability, epilepsy, musculoskeletal anomalies, altered pain perception, ataxia, hypotonia, nystagmus, and cerebellar atrophy. The earliest sign for TRPM3-related...
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PRICKLE1-related progressive myoclonus epilepsy with ataxia is a very rare genetic disorder which is characterized by myoclonic epilepsy and ataxia. Ataxia is usually...
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terms of enrollment. KYS has an Epilepsy Center (Epilepsiakeskus) that provides diagnostics and treatment for severe epilepsy in both adults and children...
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Translational neuroscience (section Gene therapy)
schizophrenia. Gene therapy is the delivery of nucleic acid as a treatment for a disorder. In translational neuroscience, gene therapy is the delivery...
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Autism (redirect from Altenative therapies for autism)
syndrome frequently co-occurs with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy and intellectual disability, and research indicates that autistic people...
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