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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-eight of 920 patients seen between the ages of 8 and 20 years for a first seizure manifested versive or circling events associated with bilateral rhythmic 3-cps spike-and-wave discharges. In 21 (75%), the seizures appeared between the ages of 10 and 14 years. Paroxysmal adversion or gyration was always toward the same side in a given patient. "Break of contact" during the ictus was found in 70% of the seizures, and secondary generalization occurred in half. Ictal electroencephalographic recordings failed to show a focal hemispheric origin. Additional features were: absence of prior major diseases; normal results of neurological and neuroradiological examinations; excellent response to anticonvulsant treatment with sodium valproate and/or phenobarbital; frequent family history of epileptic seizures (25% of patients); and association with generalized seizures (57.2% of patients). We conclude that versive or circling epilepsy with bilateral rhythmic 3-cps spike-and-wave discharges represents a benign form of primary generalized epilepsy in late childhood.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Benign versive or circling epilepsy with bilateral 3-cps spike-and-wave discharges in late childhood.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article