Rasmussen's encephalitis: clinical features, pathobiology, and treatment advances

S Varadkar, CG Bien, CA Kruse, FE Jensen… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare chronic neurological disorder, characterised by
unilateral inflammation of the cerebral cortex, drug-resistant epilepsy, and progressive …

Glutaric aciduria type I and kynurenine pathway metabolites: a modified hypothesis

S Varadkar, R Surtees - Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2004 - Springer
Glutaric aciduria type I is an inborn error of organic acid metabolism that demonstrates a
particular temporal vulnerability (acute encephalopathic episodes in infancy) and a spatial …

Inborn errors of metabolism causing epilepsy

S Rahman, EJ Footitt, S Varadkar… - … Medicine & Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Seizures may be the first and the major presenting feature of an inborn error of metabolism
(IEM), for example in a neonate with pyridoxine‐dependent epilepsy. In other IEMs, seizures …

Antibodies to surface dopamine-2 receptor in autoimmune movement and psychiatric disorders

…, L Cantrill, TK Murphy, H Ben-Pazi, S Varadkar… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Recent reports of autoantibodies that bind to neuronal surface receptors or synaptic proteins
have defined treatable forms of autoimmune encephalitis. Despite these developments …

Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (ALDH7A1 deficiency)

…, EJ Footitt, KA Mills, K Tuschl, S Aylett, S Varadkar… - Brain, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy was recently shown to be due to mutations in the ALDH7A1
gene, which encodes antiquitin, an enzyme that catalyses the nicotinamide adenine …

Vagus nerve stimulation for drug‐resistant epilepsy: a European long‐term study up to 24 months in 347 children

I Orosz, D McCormick, N Zamponi, S Varadkar… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To gain insight into the long‐term impact of vagus nerve stimulation (with VNS
Therapy) in children with drug‐resistant epilepsy, we conducted the largest retrospective …

Epilepsy due to PNPO mutations: genotype, environment and treatment affect presentation and outcome

PB Mills, SSM Camuzeaux, EJ Footitt, KA Mills… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The first described patients with pyridox (am) ine 5'-phosphate oxidase deficiency all had
neonatal onset seizures that did not respond to treatment with pyridoxine but responded to …

The efficacy of fibrinogen concentrate compared with cryoprecipitate in major obstetric haemorrhage–an observational study

S Ahmed, C Harrity, S Johnson, S Varadkar… - Transfusion …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Fibrinogen replacement is critical in major obstetric haemorrhage (MOH).
Purified, pasteurised fibrinogen concentrate appears to have benefit over cryoprecipitate in …

Neurologic phenotypes associated with COL4A1/2 mutations: Expanding the spectrum of disease

S Zagaglia, C Selch, JR Nisevic, D Mei, Z Michalak… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To characterize the neurologic phenotypes associated with COL4A1/2 mutations
and to seek genotype–phenotype correlation. Methods We analyzed clinical, EEG, and …

Trends in pediatric epilepsy surgery in Europe between 2008 and 2015: Country‐, center‐, and age‐specific variation

…, R Guerrini, T Jacques, S Varadkar… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective To profile European trends in pediatric epilepsy surgery (< 16 years of
age) between 2008 and 2015. Methods We collected information on volumes and types of …