Ictal laughter and crying: Should they be classified as automatisms?
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Ictal laughter and crying: Should they be classified as automatisms?
Gelastic seizures (GS) describe ictal laughter and are associated with hypothalamic lesions, as well as other cortical areas. Dacrystic seizures (DS), characterized by ictal crying, also have been reported in hypothalamic lesions and focal epilepsy. We describe a young girl with drug resistant focal dyscognitive seizures associated with gelastic and dacrystic features. However, neither laughter...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2213-3232
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2016.11.004