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How common is it for patients with cirrhosis to develop ascites, and how can certain drugs help to prevent them? The American Journal of Gastroenterology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

Lecture: profile of risks and benefits of new antiepileptic drugs in brain tumor-related epilepsy
Abstractnbsp;nbsp;In patients with brain tumor, seizures are the onset symptom in 20–40% of the patients, while a further 20–45% of the patients will present them during the course of the disease. These data are important when considering the choice of antiepileptic drugs for this particular patient population, because brain tumor-related epilepsy (BTRE) is often drug resistant, has a strong impact on the quality of life and weighs heavily on public health expenditures. In brain tumor patients, the presence of epilepsy is considered as the most important risk factor for long-term disability. For this reason, the problem of the proper administration of medications and their potential side effects is of great importance, because good seizure control can significantly improve the ...