Plasma fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy aged 5-18 year from the Khartoum province, Sudan: implications for seizure frequency?

Abuknesha, Nada R.

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Plasma fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy aged 5-18 year from the Khartoum province, Sudan: implications for seizure frequency?

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Abuknesha, Nada R. (2024) Plasma fatty acids and antioxidant vitamins of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy aged 5-18 year from the Khartoum province, Sudan: implications for seizure frequency? Doctoral thesis, London Metropolitan University.

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Thirty percent of patients with epilepsy do not respond to anti-epileptic drug treatment (AEDs) and continue to endure uncontrollable seizures. They are known to have drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Neurosurgery and the ketogenic diet offer patients hopeful measures to control their seizures, however are associated with unacceptable health risks. This demonstrates an unmet need for safer treament options to be considered.