Drug Resistant Epilepsy

"Drug Resistant Epilepsy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Epileptic condition in which adequate trials of two tolerated and appropriately chosen and used ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS schedules to achieve sustained seizure freedom failed.

Descriptor ID	D000069279
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.490.125
Concept/Terms	Drug Resistant Epilepsy Drug Resistant Epilepsy Drug Resistant Epilepsies Epilepsies, Drug Resistant Resistant Epilepsies, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, Drug Epilepsy, Drug Resistant Medication Resistant Epilepsy Epilepsies, Medication Resistant Epilepsy, Medication Resistant Medication Resistant Epilepsies Resistant Epilepsies, Medication Resistant Epilepsy, Medication Intractable Epilepsy Epilepsies, Intractable Intractable Epilepsies Epilepsy, Drug Refractory Epilepsy, Intractable Refractory Epilepsy Epilepsies, Refractory Epilepsy, Refractory Refractory Epilepsies Drug Refractory Epilepsy Drug Refractory Epilepsies Epilepsies, Drug Refractory Refractory Epilepsies, Drug Refractory Epilepsy, Drug

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Epilepsy [C10.228.140.490]
Drug Resistant Epilepsy [C10.228.140.490.125]

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Bar chart showing 17 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Total
2015	4	4
2016	1	1
2018	3	3
2020	1	1
2021	1	1
2022	3	3
2023	2	2
2024	2	2

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Beatty CW, Ahrens SM, Arredondo KH, Bagic AI, Bai S, Chapman KE, Ciliberto MA, Clarke DF, Eisner M, Fountain NB, Gavvala JR, Perry MS, Rossi KC, Wong-Kisiel LC, Herman ST, Ostendorf AP. Associations Between Testing and Treatment Pathways in a Case of Pediatric Nonlesional Epilepsy: A Census Survey of NAEC Center Directors. J Child Neurol. 2025 Mar; 40(3):162-167.

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Drees C, Afra P, Verner R, Kaye L, Keith A, Jiang M, Szaflarski JP, Nichol K. Feasibility study of microburst VNS therapy in drug-resistant focal and generalized epilepsy. Brain Stimul. 2024 Mar-Apr; 17(2):382-391.

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Bagic AI, Verner R, Afra P, Benbadis S. ASCEND: A randomized controlled trial of titration strategies for vagus nerve stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2023 08; 145:109333.

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Beatty CW, Ahrens SM, Arredondo KH, Bagic AI, Bai S, Chapman KE, Ciliberto MA, Clarke DF, Eisner M, Fountain NB, Gavvala JR, Perry MS, Rossi KC, Wong-Kisiel LC, Herman ST, Ostendorf AP. Associations between testing and treatment pathways in lesional temporal or extratemporal epilepsy: A census survey of NAEC center directors. Epilepsia. 2023 04; 64(4):821-830.

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Ahrens SM, Arredondo KH, Bagic AI, Bai S, Chapman KE, Ciliberto MA, Clarke DF, Eisner M, Fountain NB, Gavvala JR, Perry MS, Rossi KC, Wong-Kisiel LC, Herman ST, Ostendorf AP. Epilepsy center characteristics and geographic region influence presurgical testing in the United States. Epilepsia. 2023 01; 64(1):127-138.

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Arredondo KH, Ahrens SM, Bagic AI, Bai S, Chapman KE, Ciliberto MA, Clarke DF, Eisner M, Fountain NB, Gavvala JR, Perry MS, Rossi KC, Wong-Kisiel LC, Herman ST, Ostendorf AP. Association Between Characteristics of National Association of Epilepsy Centers and Reported Utilization of Specific Surgical Techniques. Neurology. 2023 02 14; 100(7):e719-e727.

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Vetkas A, Fomenko A, Germann J, Sarica C, Iorio-Morin C, Samuel N, Yamamoto K, Milano V, Cheyuo C, Zemmar A, Elias G, Boutet A, Loh A, Santyr B, Gwun D, Tasserie J, Kalia SK, Lozano AM. Deep brain stimulation targets in epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei and hippocampus. Epilepsia. 2022 03; 63(3):513-524.

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Solli E, Colwell NA, Markosian C, Johal AS, Houston R, Iqbal MO, Say I, Petrsoric JI, Tomycz LD. Underutilization of advanced presurgical studies and high rates of vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy: a single-center experience and recommendations. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2022 02; 164(2):565-573.

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Prillwitz CC, David B, Schlaug G, Deller T, Schramm J, Lindenberg R, Hattingen E, Weber B, Surges R, Elger CE, R?ber T. Functional redundancy of the premotor network in hemispherotomy patients. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2021 09; 8(9):1796-1808.

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Solli E, Colwell NA, Say I, Houston R, Johal AS, Pak J, Tomycz L. Deciphering the surgical treatment gap for drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE): A literature review. Epilepsia. 2020 07; 61(7):1352-1364.

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