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| Titre : |
Periodic spasms: an unclassified type of epileptic seizure in childhood |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Giuseppe GOBBI, Auteur ; P. GIOVANARDI ROSSI, Auteur ; Licia BRUNO, Auteur ; Antonella PINI, Auteur ; Carlo Alberto TASSINARI, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1987 |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.766-775 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Seven boys aged between 14 months and 13 years with focal or multifocal partial epilepsy had very unusual seizures, characterized by series of periodic bilateral spasms. These consisted of a brief, complex movement of slight to severe intensity, mainly involving the axial muscles, with raising of the shoulders, adversion of the eyes and head, often with rictus-type facial grimaces and occasional stretching of the legs and emission of a guttural sound. The ictal EEG showed a pattern of periodic complexes, characterized by a slow wave with superimposed fast activity. This form of epileptic seizure is resistant to treatment and is found only in patients affected by a brain disease consisting of a fixed or progressive encephalopathy. These observations document the existence of a rare form of seizure or epileptic event, not yet included in the International Classification of epileptic seizures and clinically relevant because of its diagnostic and prognostic implications. |
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in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 29-6 (December 1987) . - p.766-775
[article] Periodic spasms: an unclassified type of epileptic seizure in childhood [texte imprimé] / Giuseppe GOBBI, Auteur ; P. GIOVANARDI ROSSI, Auteur ; Licia BRUNO, Auteur ; Antonella PINI, Auteur ; Carlo Alberto TASSINARI, Auteur . - 1987 . - p.766-775. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology > 29-6 (December 1987) . - p.766-775
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Seven boys aged between 14 months and 13 years with focal or multifocal partial epilepsy had very unusual seizures, characterized by series of periodic bilateral spasms. These consisted of a brief, complex movement of slight to severe intensity, mainly involving the axial muscles, with raising of the shoulders, adversion of the eyes and head, often with rictus-type facial grimaces and occasional stretching of the legs and emission of a guttural sound. The ictal EEG showed a pattern of periodic complexes, characterized by a slow wave with superimposed fast activity. This form of epileptic seizure is resistant to treatment and is found only in patients affected by a brain disease consisting of a fixed or progressive encephalopathy. These observations document the existence of a rare form of seizure or epileptic event, not yet included in the International Classification of epileptic seizures and clinically relevant because of its diagnostic and prognostic implications. |
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https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=631 |
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Faire une suggestion Affiner la rechercheMigraine and benign epilepsy with Rolandic spikes in childhood: a case-control study / Margherita SANTUCCI in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 27-1 (February 1985)
