Hallmarks in the history of epilepsy: Epilepsy in antiquity

Magiorkinis, Emmanouil; Sidiropoulou, Kalliopi; Diamantis, Aristidis

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.023

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“…In Egypt, reports on epilepsy date as early as the Pharaohnic era, where it was mentioned in the Edwin Smith surgical papyrus (1700 B.C), which described epileptic convulsions in at least five cases (Magiorkinis et al, 2010). In the modern period, several epidemiological studies were conducted in Egypt but only two (Khedr et al, 2013, ElTallawy et al, 2013 included all ages and none were done in the capital, Cairo.…”

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Epilepsy prevalence in Al-Manial Island, Egypt. A door-to-door survey

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Epilepsy prevalence in Al-Manial Island, Egypt. A door-to-door survey

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“…[12,13] In the developed world, onset of new cases occurs most frequently in babies and the elderly. [14] In the developing world onset is more common in older children and young adults, due to differences in the frequency of the underlying causes. [15] About 5-10% of people will have an unprovoked seizure by the age of 80, [16] and the chance of experiencing a second seizure is between 40 and 50%.…”

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Asessment of Scn1a, Scn2a, Epm2a Gene Mutatuion in Dravet Syndrome Epilepsy Seizure Disorder, in Human, Tabriz, Iran

Asadi¹

2017

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In this study we have analyzed 100 people. 40 patients and 60 control group had sleep disturbances. The genes SCN1A, SCN2A, EPM2A analyzed in terms of genetic mutations made. In this study, people who have genetic mutations were targeted, with dravet syndrome nervous disorders, seizure or epilepsy. In fact, of all people with seizure or epilepsy, 40 people had a genetic mutation in the genes SCN1A, SCN2A, EPM2A. Any genetic mutations in the target genes control group, did not show.

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“…Hippocrates (460-377 BCE) was familiar with epileptic seizures, a disorder he addressed in his treatise, On the Sacred Disease (Magiorkinis, Sidiropoulou, & Diamantis, 2010). To differentiate between hysterical and epileptic episodes, Hippocrates applied finger pressure to the patient's abdomen.…”

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Differentiation between Seizure and Hysteria in a Tenth-Century Persian Text:Hidāyatof al-Akhawayni (d. 983 AD)

Yarmohammadi

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Ghanizadeh

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Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

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Although hysteria is associated largely with the nineteenth century, we find the subject treated in a tenth-century Persian medical text, the Hidayat al-Muta`allemin Fi al-Tibb [A Guide to Medical Learners] by al-Akhawayni Bukhari (d. 983 AD), a prominent physician in the Persian history of medicine. In this article, we discuss al-Akhawayni's views on seizure and hysteria and his differentiation between the two conditions, and we place it in a historical context.

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Hallmarks in the history of epilepsy: Epilepsy in antiquity

Cited by 130 publications

References 4 publications

Epilepsy prevalence in Al-Manial Island, Egypt. A door-to-door survey

Epilepsy prevalence in Al-Manial Island, Egypt. A door-to-door survey

Asessment of Scn1a, Scn2a, Epm2a Gene Mutatuion in Dravet Syndrome Epilepsy Seizure Disorder, in Human, Tabriz, Iran

Differentiation between Seizure and Hysteria in a Tenth-Century Persian Text:Hidāyatof al-Akhawayni (d. 983 AD)

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