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1320496

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
This study was carried out to determine the prevailing type of epilepsy in neurocysticercosis. We also evaluated if it could account for the predominance of generalized epilepsy in Peru. We studied the records and EEGs of 49 cases of neurocysticercosis, representing 5.9% of all hospital admissions. Cysticercosis was diagnosed using clinical, blood, CSF (complement fixation, ELISA, immunoblot) and CT scan criteria. We found 49 epileptic patients. Their type of epilepsy was as follows: 35 subjects had generalized epilepsy and 14 had partial epilepsy (5 motor partial, 5 complex partial, both with secondary generalization and 4 motor partial). All but 3 patients were over 25 years old (mean 33 years). We conclude that generalized epilepsy is frequent among cysticercosis patients and that it may account, partially, for the predominance of generalized seizures in Peru and in other areas of South America where cysticercosis is endemic.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0303-8467
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94 Suppl
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S153-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in Peru.
pubmed:affiliation
National Institute of Neurological Sciences, Lima, Peru.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article