Symptomatic generalized epilepsies: Clinical signifi cance and problems
- Author:
Yoko Ohtsuka
;
Katsuhiro Kobayashi
;
Harumi Yoshinaga
;
Makio Oka
;
Fumika Endoh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Neurology Asia
2010;15(Supplement 1):1-2
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We investigated electroclinical features in patients with symptomatic or cryptogenic generalized
epilepsies except for West syndrome. They were divided into a tonic group and a myoclonic group.
As a result these groups exhibited different features with some overlap between them. They included
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, severe epilepsy with multiple independent spike foci (SE-MISF), Doose
syndrome and other unclassifi ed cases. Thus the boundary between these epilepsy syndromes is sometimes
blurred. In patients with SE-MISF, main seizure types were minor generalized seizures though the
main EEG fi ndings were multifocal spikes. The role of both cortical and subcortical mechanisms in
the occurrence of symptomatic generalized epilepsies should be further clarifi ed.
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