Kristin Å. Alfstad

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Spesialsykehuset for epilepsi

Oslo universitetssykehus

Forfatterbidrag: litteratursøk, utarbeiding og revisjon av manuset samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Kristin Å. Alfstad er ph.d., spesialist i nevrologi og overlege. Hun jobber med utredning av pasienter for epilepsikirurgi og oppfølging etter operasjonen.

Articles by Kristin Å. Alfstad

Temporal lobe epilepsy

Oliver Henning,
Kjell Heuser,
Vilde Stangeby Larsen,
Eli Berit Kyte,
Hrisimir Kostov,
Pål Bache Marthinsen,
Arild Egge,
Kristin Å. Alfstad,
Karl O. Nakken

30.01.2023: The temporal lobes are the part of the brain most likely to give rise to epileptic seizures. Seizures originating in the temporal lobes vary greatly in character; some may be so unusual that they are not even recognised as epileptic. For patients who have been diagnosed with hippocampal sclerosis...

Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients – when and how?

Morten I. Lossius,
Kristin Å. Alfstad,
Kari M. Aaberg,
Karl O. Nakken

21.03.2017: In seizure-free patients with epilepsy, the question of whether, and if so when, it is acceptable to discontinue treatment may be difficult to answer. A thorough risk-benefit assessment should be undertaken with the patient and next of kin, during which the consequences of a relapse must be weighed...