Data from a regional EEG laboratory allowed us to identify almost all children in Nova Scotia
(population 850,000) with one or more unprovoked, afebrile seizures from 1977 through …

Environmental manganese (Mn) toxicity causes an extrapyramidal, parkinsonian-type
movement disorder with characteristic magnetic resonance images of Mn accumulation in the …

Objectives: To determine whether young adults in whom typical absence epilepsy has been
diagnosed in childhood have greater psychosocial difficulties than those with a non-…

A population-based study was conducted in an attempt to predict which child's epilepsy will
remit. Use of data from a regional electroencephalography laboratory allowed identification …

Objective:To determine the epidemiological profile for pediatric pseudotumor cerebri.Methods:A
retrospective case series was identified from a geographically limited region of 205,765 …

… Bethune P, Gordon K, Dooley J, Camfield P, Camfield C. The use of an educational slide-tape
program for parents in the emergency room management of a first febrile seizure . …

Background Headaches affect most children and rank third among illness-related causes of
school absenteeism. Although the short-term outcome for most children appears favorable, …

To describe the epidemiology of reported concussion derived from a large, nationally
representative health survey, the microdata files of the Canadian National Population Health …

The ratio of acoustic myography (AMG) amplitude to surface electromyography (EMG) amplitude
is proposed as a measure of mechanical output compared with electrical activity of the …

Objective: This study was carried out to determine how often a child's epilepsy is controlled
and remits if a first antiepileptic drug (AED) fails to control seizures. Study design: We used …