Ictal Cortical Blindness with Permanent Visual Loss
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Ictal cortical blindness with permanent visual loss.
Cortical blindness is rarely an ictal manifestation. We report the case of a man who developed transient cortical blindness followed by permanent visual deficits during repeated partial seizures. Intermittent visual impairment began at age 14 years. After he had the first generalized seizure at age 28 years, neurologic, ophthalmologic, angiographic, and brain computed tomographic (CT) examinati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsia
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0013-9580,1528-1167
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1989.tb05292.x