| Relative significance of isolated infantile convulsions as a primary cause of focal epilepsy. | |
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PMID: 113207 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Isolated infantile convulsions were noted in 206 patients (13%) of 1,572 patients who underwent cortical resection for medically refractory focal epilepsy at the Montreal Neurological Institute over the period 1928 through 1977. In 59 patients (29% of the 206), the isolated infantile convulsion was associated with an identifiable febrile systemic or neural illness. In 54 patients (26%), there was a definite history of cerebral birth injury in addition to the isolated infantile convulsions. Twenty patients (10%) had some other potential etiological factor for the later development of seizures, such as postnatal head injury, Sturge-Weber syndrome, etc., in addition to the isolated infantile convulsions. In 95 patients, 6% of the total 1,572 patient series and 41% of those with isolated infantile convulsions, the latter was the sole apparent cause for the later development of recurring seizures. Although this was the case in a small but significant percentage in this series of patients, more frequently, the isolated infantile convulsion represents a manifestation of invasion of the brain by an infectious agent of a systemic or brain disease, or is a harbinger of the later development of a seizure tendency due to some other preexisting etiological factor. |
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Authors:
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T Rasmussen |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Epilepsia Volume: 20 ISSN: 0013-9580 ISO Abbreviation: Epilepsia Publication Date: 1979 Aug |
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Created Date: 1979-11-29 Completed Date: 1979-11-29 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2983306R Medline TA: Epilepsia Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 395-401 Citation Subset: IM |
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Birth Injuries
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complications Brain Injuries / complications Brain Neoplasms / complications Epilepsies, Partial / complications, etiology, surgery* Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / etiology, surgery Humans Seizures, Febrile / complications Spasms, Infantile / complications* |
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