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Merel Wassenaar

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Silvennoinen K, de Lange N, Zagaglia S, Balestrini S, Androsova G, Wassenaar M, et al.
Epilepsia Open . 2019 Aug; 4(3):420-430. PMID: 31440723
Objective: To study the effectiveness and tolerability of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) commonly used in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). Methods: People with JME were identified from a large database of individuals...
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Wassenaar M, Carpay J, Sander J, Thijs R
Epilepsy Res . 2017 Dec; 139:102-106. PMID: 29220740
Background: Large administrative databases may prove useful to assess epilepsy-related comorbidity and mortality. Despite their increased use, their validity as data source in epilepsy is yet under-ascertained. Methods: Achmea is...
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Androsova G, Krause R, Borghei M, Wassenaar M, Auce P, Avbersek A, et al.
Epilepsia . 2017 Sep; 58(10):1734-1741. PMID: 28857179
Objective: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) is a common epilepsy syndrome that is often poorly controlled by antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. Comparative AED effectiveness studies in this...
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Verbeek N, Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite D, Wassenaar M, van Campen J, Sonsma A, Gunning W, et al.
Clin Neurophysiol . 2017 Jan; 128(2):323-330. PMID: 28042998
Objective: To detect determinants for photoparoxysmal EEG response (PPR) in SCN1A-related Dravet syndrome (DS). Methods: Data were studied from nationwide medical histories and EEGs of DS-patients (n=53; 31 males, age...
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Lamberts R, Blom M, Wassenaar M, Bardai A, Leijten F, de Haan G, et al.
Neurology . 2015 Jun; 85(3):212-8. PMID: 26092917
Objective: To ascertain whether characteristics of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (VT/VF) differed between people with epilepsy and those without and which individuals with epilepsy were at highest risk. Methods: We ascertained 18...
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Verbeek N, Wassenaar M, van Campen J, Sonsma A, Gunning B, Knoers N, et al.
Epilepsy Behav . 2015 May; 47:39-44. PMID: 26021464
Objectives: This study aimed to describe seizure precipitants in Dravet syndrome (DS) compared with other epilepsies. Methods: Seizure precipitants as reported in a Dutch cohort of patients with DS with...
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Wassenaar M, Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite D, de Haan G, Carpay J, Leijten F
J Neurol . 2014 Feb; 261(4):717-24. PMID: 24500495
Epileptic seizures can be provoked by several factors. Better understanding of these factors may improve a patient's sense of control and could reduce seizures. In daily practice, the recognition of...
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Wassenaar M, van Heijl I, Leijten F, van der Linden P, Uijl S, Egberts A, et al.
J Neurol . 2013 Jul; 260(11):2736-43. PMID: 23893002
In the past decade, many new antiepileptic drugs have become available, but their influence on patient outcomes in daily practice is not well known. In a community-based study, we assessed...
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Wassenaar M, Leijten F, Egberts T, Moons K, Uijl S
Epilepsy Res . 2013 Jul; 106(3):301-10. PMID: 23880113
Objective: One third of all epilepsy patients have medically intractable epilepsy. Knowledge of prognostic factors that, in an early therapeutic stage of epilepsy, herald intractability could facilitate patient management. In...
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Wassenaar M, van Rijn R, Van Tulder M, Verhagen A, van der Windt D, Koes B, et al.
Eur Spine J . 2011 Sep; 21(2):220-7. PMID: 21922287
Purpose: In about 5% of all cases LBP is associated with serious underlying pathology requiring diagnostic confirmation and directed treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used for this diagnostic...