Epilepsy
Data from CIBERER Advance Knowledge in Epilepsy
Published in Drug Week, March 16th, 2012
2012 MAR 16 -- "Reflex seizures are a rare phenomenon among epileptic patients, in which an epileptic discharge is triggered by various kinds of stimuli (visual, auditory, tactile or gustatory). Epilepsy is common in Rett syndrome patients (up to 70%), but to the authors' knowledge, no pressure or eating-triggered seizures have yet been reported in Rett children," scientists writing in the journal Epileptic Disorders report.
"We describe three epileptic Rett patients with reflex seizures, triggered by food intake or proprioception. One patient with congenital Rett Sd. developed infantile epileptic spasms at around seven months and two patients with...
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Source: Drug Week (2012-03-16)
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