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8058138

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
We studied 120 generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCSs) in 47 patients with video-EEG telemetry. GTCSs were preceded by antecedent seizures, including 13 simple partial, 70 complex partial, 17 simple partial leading to complex partial, seven tonic, seven clonic, and one typical absence. We divided GTCSs into the following phases: onset of generalization, pretonic clonic, tonic, tremulousness, and clonic. The mean GTCS duration was 62 seconds. There was a non-significant trend toward longer duration on reduced antiepileptic drug doses. Marked heterogeneity in GTCS phenomenology was present; only 27% of seizures included all five phases. Individual phase duration and clinical expression, including tonic and clonic phases, was highly variable. The clinical phenomena suggest that multiple cortical and subcortical routes of spread may exist. When GTCSs last longer than 2 minutes, intravenous antiepileptic drug treatment should be initiated.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-3878
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1403-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizure: a videotape analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Epilepsy Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article