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Obesity is a common comorbidity for pediatric patients with untreated, newly diagnosed epilepsy
This study aimed to determine the frequency and factors associated with obesity in a cohort of children with newly diagnosed, untreated epilepsy. Body mass index Z-scores and percentiles, adjusted for age, were used to measure for obesity. The authors found that obesity is a common comorbidity in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy and correlates with increasing age, idiopathic etiology, and absence of concomitant medication.
See p. 658; Editorial, p. 654
The Nun Study: Clinically silent AD, neuronal hypertrophy, and linguistic skills in early life
The authors assessed the morphologic substrate of asymptomatic AD (ASYMAD) compared to MCI in subjects …
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