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1 in 200k diagnosed worldwide
Often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years
Seizures commonly unresponsive to medication
Can result in cognitive and behavioral deterioration, learning disabilities, endocrine dysfunction and sleep disturbances
Save the date for another great program from hope for HH and our friends at Epilepsy Foundation of America https://www.epilepsy.com/article/2017/6/webinar-focused-ultrasound-and-potential-new-technologies-difficult-control-seizures
Join a webinar to learn about focused ultrasound and other technologies for treating refractory seizures and hypothalamic hamartomas.
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For those families following efficacy of CBD discussions, this report concerning a trial of CBD in Dravet Syndrome (another rare epilepsy) may be of interest. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1611618
We have lost several HH patients to SUDEP and strongly endorse more research to understand what causes it and identify strategies to prevent it.
http://www.hopeforhh.org/blog/aan-aes-endorse-a-new-clinical-guideline-on-sudep/
AAN & AES endorse a New Clinical Guideline on SUDEP The American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society recently published a practice guideline providing recommendations for neurologists to inform all individuals with epilepsy about the risk of sudden unexpected death due to epilepsy...
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