EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN CEREBRAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN CEREBRAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1161/01.str.13.2.189
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
RENI, L
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作者:
COCITO, L;FAVALE, E;RENI, L
The occurrence of epileptic seizures was investigated in 141 patients with angiographically proven carotid or MCA [middle cerebral artery] occlusive disease. Epileptic seizures occurred some time during the clinical course of the disease in 17.3% of carotid patients and in 10.8% of MCA patients, being mainly represented by partial motor seizures. The pattern of occurrence of seizures in the natural history of cerebral arterial disease was different in the 2 groups. In the carotid group, epilepsy was the presenting symptom in 6.7% of patients, while no MCA patient had seizures prior to the appearance of a neurological deficit. Since epileptic seizures may complicate an otherwise asymptomatic carotid obstruction, angiography should be performed whenever the other standard investigations, including CT[computed tomography]-scan, fail to reveal the cause of a late-onset epilepsy.