Men may be more vulnerable to seizure-associated brain damage

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Briellmann, RS
Berkovic, SF
Jackson, GD
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[1] Brain Res Inst, Heidelberg, Vic 3081, Australia
[2] Austin & Repatriat Med Ctr, Dept Neurol, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[3] Univ Melbourne, Dept Med, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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10.1212/WNL.55.10.1479
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Background: Repetitive seizures may be associated with progressive neuronal damage measurable by quantitative MRI. Objective: To investigate whether gender is a risk factor for this damage. Methods: Sixty patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) (28 men, 32 women) and 54 healthy controls (28 men, 26 women) were compared by quantitative MRI methods. Results: Male patients had ipsilateral hemicranial volume loss of 12% (CI 8% to 16%) and contralateral volume loss of 7% (CI: 3% to 11%) compared with male controls (p less than or equal to 0.004, analysis of variance). Female patients were 4% (CI: 0.3% to 8%, p = 0.04) smaller than controls in the ipsilateral hemicranium, and not different contralaterally. The patient-to-control difference was greater in men than in women for the ipsilateral (p = 0.003) and contralateral hemicranial volume (p = 0.02). In men, 14% of the ipsilateral (F = 4.7, p = 0.004) and 16% of the contralateral (F = 5.1, p = 0.03) hemicranial volume loss could be attributed to generalized tonic clonic seizures. Compared with controls, patients averaged a 29% smaller ipsilateral and a 5% smaller contralateral hippocampus. Conclusion: Men with TLE have more brain atrophy than women with TLE. Seizure frequency is a factor contributing to reduced brain volumes in men but not in women. Men, therefore, may be more vulnerable to seizure-associated brain abnormalities.
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