Der Nervenarzt
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Improved tumor and epilepsy treatment requires long-term care of patients with symptomatic epilepsies caused by tumors. Pathophysiology, epidemiology, prognosis, drugs, and surgical treatment are discussed with special emphasis on seizure control, side effects, and quality of life. Because of the long-term course -- often 10 to 20 years -- optimal treatment strategies have to be selected individually. These should consider possibilities of new techniques of co-registering imaging and electrophysiology, surgery, and the interaction of anticonvulsive and chemotherapeutic drugs, cognition, and mood.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
[Symptoms, risk factors, and etiology of transient ischemic attack and stroke].
It is unclear whether clinical signs and symptoms differ in the presentation of transient ischemic attack (TIA) and stroke, apart from temporal dynamics. ⋯ Transient ischemic attack needs special attention and intensive diagnostic workup, because it bears a considerable risk of death and disability but presents less often with classic signs and symptoms and its etiology often remains undetermined.