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| Daniel CostelloSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Efficacy of surgical treatment of de novo, adult-onset, cryptogenic, refractory focal status epilepticusDaniel J Costello
Epilepsy Service, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA
Arch Neurol 63:895-901. 2006..There have been few published reports of successful surgical treatment of focal status epilepticus. Surgical intervention is considered a last resort after medical strategies have been exhausted...
HIV infection with immunodeficiency presenting with subacute cognitive decline: recent illustrative casesDaniel Costello
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
CNS Spectr 12:842-50. 2007..The gratifying long-term clinical improvements in parallel with resolution of neuroimaging and other laboratory abnormalities in response to antiretroviral drug treatment are reported...
Treatment of acute seizures and status epilepticusDaniel J Costello
Epilepsy Service, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Intensive Care Med 22:319-47. 2007....
Cryptogenic New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE) in adults-Infectious or not?Daniel J Costello
Epilepsy Service, Department of Neurology, ACC 835, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Neurol Sci 277:26-31. 2009..They are usually presumed to be due to infectious encephalitis and typically have devastating consequences. We describe our experience with six adults who presented with NORSE and raise the possibility of non-infectious causes...
Consideration of epilepsy surgery in adults should be independent of ageD J Costello
Epilepsy Service, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, ACC 835, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 111:240-5. 2009..Epilepsy surgery is performed less frequently in persons over 45 years of age than in younger individuals, probably reflecting biases among patients, referring physicians and neurologists...
Progressive myoclonus epilepsy with demyelinating peripheral neuropathy and preserved intellect: a novel syndromeDaniel J Costello
Epilepsy Service, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arch Neurol 66:898-901. 2009..The progressive myoclonic epilepsies (PMEs) are a disparate group of syndromes whose common features include disabling myoclonus, progressive cognitive decline, and seizures, typically with a relentless deterioration over time...
