Anne McIntosh

Rare Genetic Variation and Outcome of Surgery for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Piero Perucca, Kate Stanley, Natasha Harris, Anne M McIntosh, Ali A Asadi-Pooya, Mohamad A Mikati, Danielle M Andrade, Patricia Dugan, Chantal Depondt, Hyunmi Choi, Erin L Heinzen, Gianpiero L Cavalleri, Russell J Buono, Orrin Devinsky, Michael R Sperling, Samuel F Berkovic, Norman Delanty, David B Goldstein, Terence J O'Brien

Journal article  |  2023  |  ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

OBJECTIVE: Genetic factors have long been debated as a cause of failure of surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). We in..

Comorbidities in newly diagnosed epilepsy: Pre-existing health conditions are common and complex across age groups

Anne M McIntosh, Patrick W Carney, K Meng Tan, Tahir M Hakami, Piero Perucca, Patrick Kwan, Terence J O'Brien, Samuel F Berkovic

Journal article  |  2023  |  EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

OBJECTIVES: People with epilepsy have a higher prevalence of medical and psychiatric comorbidities compared to the general populat..

Extended follow-up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20 years postsurgery

Anne M McIntosh, Alex W Wynd, Samuel F Berkovic

Journal article  |  2022  |  EPILEPSIA

OBJECTIVE: Anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) for medication-resistant localized epilepsy results in ablation or reduction of seizu..

Diagnostic delay in focal epilepsy: Association with brain pathology and age

Mengjiazhi Yang, K Meng Tan, Patrick Carney, Patrick Kwan, Terence J O'Brien, Samuel F Berkovic, Piero Perucca, Anne M McIntosh

Journal article  |  2022  |  SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY

PURPOSE: Between 16-77% of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy report seizures before diagnosis but little is known about the r..

"Do I still have epilepsy?" Epilepsy identity 15-20 years after anterior temporal lobectomy

Honor Coleman, Anne McIntosh, Sarah J Wilson

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSIA

OBJECTIVE: Identity is a multifaceted construct, comprising personal identity (sense of being a unique individual) and social iden..

Association Between Psychiatric Comorbidities and Mortality in Epilepsy

Gerard Tao, Clarissa Auvrez, Russell Nightscales, Sarah Barnard, Lara McCartney, Charles B Malpas, Piero Perucca, Zhibin Chen, Sophia Adams, Anne McIntosh, Sophia Ignatiadis, Patrick O'Brien, Mark J Cook, Patrick Kwan, Samuel F Berkovic, Wendyl D'Souza, Dennis Velakoulis, Terence J O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROLOGY-CLINICAL PRACTICE

OBJECTIVE: To explore the impact of psychiatric comorbidities on all-cause mortality in adults with epilepsy from a cohort of pati..

Understanding long-term changes in patient identity 15-20 years after surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy

Honor Coleman, Anne McIntosh, Genevieve Rayner, Sarah J Wilson

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSIA

OBJECTIVE: Following epilepsy surgery, patients can experience complex psychosocial changes. We recently described a longer term a..

Missed, mistaken, stalled: Identifying components of delay to diagnosis in epilepsy

Natasha Alessi, Piero Perucca, Anne M McIntosh

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSIA

A substantial proportion of individuals with newly diagnosed epilepsy report prior seizures, suggesting a missed opportunity for e..

Newly diagnosed seizures assessed at two established first seizure clinics: Clinic characteristics, investigations, and findings over 11 years

Anne M McIntosh, K Meng Tan, Tahir M Hakami, Mark R Newton, Patrick W Carney, Mengjiazhi Yang, Sibel Saya, David JT Marco, Piero Perucca, Patrick Kwan, Terence J O'Brien, Samuel F Berkovic

Journal article  |  2021  |  EPILEPSIA OPEN

OBJECTIVE: 'First seizure' clinics (FSCs) aim to achieve early expert assessment for individuals with possible new-onset epilepsy...

Mortality in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Russell Nightscales, Lara McCartney, Clarissa Auvrez, Gerard Tao, Sarah Barnard, Charles B Malpas, Piero Perucca, Anne McIntosh, Zhibin Chen, Shobi Sivathamboo, Sophia Ignatiadis, Simon Jones, Sophia Adams, Mark J Cook, Patrick Kwan, Dennis Velakoulis, Wendyl D'Souza, Samuel F Berkovic, Terence J O'Brien

Journal article  |  2020  |  NEUROLOGY

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the hypothesis that patients diagnosed with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) on video-EEG monito..