Purpose: To examine fever as a precipitating factor for focal seizures in patients with Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) and evaluate the role of SCN1A in PS patients with seizures triggered by fever. Methods: From January 2000 to June 2008, we identified patients referred for seizures who fulfilled the criteria of PS. Patients were divided into...
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2012 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2010 (v1)Publication
Myoclonus has different clinical and neurophysiological features in patients with Unverricht-Lundborg (ULD) and Lafora body disease (LBD), probably because of a different cortical hyperexcitability profile. To investigate the role of intracortical inhibition in such different presentations, we used paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation...
Uploaded on: April 14, 2023