TY - JOUR
T1 - Petit Mal Epilepsy
T2 - Results of a Prolonged Follow-Up Study of 117 Patients
AU - Livingston, Samuel
AU - Torres, Iluminada
AU - Pauli, Lydia L.
AU - Rider, Rowland V.
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PY - 1965/10/18
Y1 - 1965/10/18
N2 - Since the advent of electroencephalography, it has been clearly demonstrated that all epileptic seizures of brief duration are not petit mal. It is important that the physician who cares for epileptic patients be cognizant of this fact, since the treatment and prognosis of petit mal epilepsy differ in most respects from that of other types of epilepsy. Petit mal epilepsy is primarily a disorder of childhood and seldom continues into adulthood. It is a comparatively rare type of epileptic spell: of 15,102 epileptic patients, only 364 (2.3%) had “true” petit mal epilepsy. It is a relatively benign disturbance and rarely causes demonstrable evidence of pathological cerebral changes, except in those patients who have frequent attacks of petit mal status. Since patients with petit mal epilepsy are prone to develop major seizures, concurrent administration of petit mal and major motor anticonvulsants (combined therapy) is recommended.
AB - Since the advent of electroencephalography, it has been clearly demonstrated that all epileptic seizures of brief duration are not petit mal. It is important that the physician who cares for epileptic patients be cognizant of this fact, since the treatment and prognosis of petit mal epilepsy differ in most respects from that of other types of epilepsy. Petit mal epilepsy is primarily a disorder of childhood and seldom continues into adulthood. It is a comparatively rare type of epileptic spell: of 15,102 epileptic patients, only 364 (2.3%) had “true” petit mal epilepsy. It is a relatively benign disturbance and rarely causes demonstrable evidence of pathological cerebral changes, except in those patients who have frequent attacks of petit mal status. Since patients with petit mal epilepsy are prone to develop major seizures, concurrent administration of petit mal and major motor anticonvulsants (combined therapy) is recommended.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1965.03090160005001
DO - 10.1001/jama.1965.03090160005001
M3 - Article
C2 - 4953647
AN - SCOPUS:0038204644
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 194
SP - 227
EP - 232
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 3
ER -