TY - JOUR
T1 - Generalized epilepsies
T2 - a review
AU - Luders, H.
AU - Lesser, R. P.
AU - Dinner, D. S.
AU - Morris, H. H.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - In this discussion of the pathophysiology of generalized seizures, the authors conclude that current evidence supports a primarily cortical origin, and that there is a continuum between strictly partial seizures at one end of the spectrum and definite generalized seizures at the other. Typical interictal electroencepalogram (EEG) patterns seen in patients with generalized seizures and their clinical correlations are discussed, and the ictal EEG patterns are subdivided according to their relationship to interictal EEG patterns. Special tests, such as sleep, photic stimulation, hyperventilation, evoked potentials, computer analysis, and prolonged EEG video-monitoring, which enhance diagnostic ability, are reviewed.
AB - In this discussion of the pathophysiology of generalized seizures, the authors conclude that current evidence supports a primarily cortical origin, and that there is a continuum between strictly partial seizures at one end of the spectrum and definite generalized seizures at the other. Typical interictal electroencepalogram (EEG) patterns seen in patients with generalized seizures and their clinical correlations are discussed, and the ictal EEG patterns are subdivided according to their relationship to interictal EEG patterns. Special tests, such as sleep, photic stimulation, hyperventilation, evoked potentials, computer analysis, and prolonged EEG video-monitoring, which enhance diagnostic ability, are reviewed.
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U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.51.2.205
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.51.2.205
M3 - Article
C2 - 6088121
AN - SCOPUS:0021599182
SN - 0009-8787
VL - 51
SP - 205
EP - 226
JO - Cleveland Clinic Quarterly
JF - Cleveland Clinic Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -