Occipital Cortex Initiating Generalized Epilepsy in Jeavons Syndrome
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Jeavons syndrome as an occipital cortex initiated generalized epilepsy: Further evidence from a patient with a photic-induced occipital seizure
Jeavons syndrome (JS) is characterized by the triad of eyelid myoclonia with or without absences, eye closure-induced generalized paroxysms and photosensitivity. Occasional generalized tonic–clonic seizures may also occur. Despite having been claimed as a distinct entity among the IGEs by several authors, its inclusion as an epilepsy syndrome in the ILAE classifications is still a matter of deb...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-25-8-5