How are epilepsy and epileptiform EEG abnormalities related to language and cognitive disorders in LKS? ... Some investigators consider the epileptiform abnormalities an epiphenomenon reflecting underlying brain pathology rather than the direct cause of the language, cognitive, or behavioral disorder.4, 68, 69 They cite...
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However, in some cases, severe developmental regression may be seen in the context of few seizures but severe interictal epileptiform abnormalities, as in some cases of Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS). The quantity of epileptiform activity does not correlate well with seizure severity.
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Assessment of the importance of interictal epileptiform abnormalities ... Presuming that the incidence of cassette EEG epileptiform abnormalities in the ...
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The use of certain therapeutic agents was associated with a significant excess of epileptiform abnormalities in patients aged 25 years and older. The most frequently encountered epileptiform abnormalities were photoconvulsive responses.
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze clinical, electrophysiologic, and neuroradiologic characteristics of a group of patients with nonlesional intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and rare or absent interictal epileptiform abnormalities (IEA). ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...
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BACKGROUND: Real-time, direct assessment of brain electrophysiology is critical for noninvasive functional mapping and for the identification of paroxysmal epileptiform abnormalities in the evaluation of patients for epilepsy surgery. ... The Medscape Journal ... This article reviews the basis of MEG, the instrumentation used,
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Unbound MEDLINE | Epileptiform abnormalities in hepatic encephalopathy. Journal article abstract. Search by keyword, journal, author or by EBM filters diagnosis, treatment, prognosis or etiology. Evidence-based medicine search filters. ... Epileptiform abnormalities are uncommon in patients with hepatic encephalopathy.
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We conclude that in Rett syndrome, epileptiform activity is maximally expressed in stage 1-2 NREM sleep and during the early morning hours. Sleep EEG features may be useful in the diagnosis of Rett syndrome.
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: To examine the implications of interictal epileptiform abnormalities (IEA) in idiopathic REM-sleep behavior disorder (RBD), particularly the risk of misdiagnosing RBD episodes as epileptic nocturnal seizures.
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Pediatric Neurology, Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 125-129, February 2002, Authors:Lawrence P Richer; Michael I Shevell; Bernard R Rosenblatt.
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