Petit Mal or Pyknolepsy
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The minor epilepsies of childhood.
Introduction There is no doubt that children suffering from epilepsy tend to manifest its minor forms with greater frequency than adults. However, before considering this problem further, it is essential to define the terms to be used, as a certain amount of confusion has arisen as the result of clinicians and --electroencephalographists sometimes using the same terms to refer to attacks of a d...
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Low-threshold calcium current (LTCC) in thalamic neurons is important in generation of normal thalamocortical rhythms, and may be involved in the genesis of abnormal activities such as spike-wave discharges that characterize petit mal epilepsy. Ethosuximide and dimethadione, anticonvulsants effective in petit mal, reduced the LTCC when applied to thalamic neurons at clinically relevant concentr...
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THE TERM "psychomotor epilepsy" was introduced in 1937 to designate a heterogenous group of seizures which did not conform to the classical descriptions of grand mal, focal or petit mal seizures. This has proved useful in emphasizing to the physician that the term "petit mal" should be reserved only for a characteristic disorder which develops in childhood or adolescence (onset rare, if ever, a...
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Tridione (3,5,5,-trimethyloxazolidine-2 4dione) has been extensively used in the treatment of petit mal for five years, and its success in more than 60% of cases has been well established. Its dangers and limitations are also well recognized (Richards and Everett, 1944; Lennox, 1947). During the past two years 25 men between the ages of 17 and 52 who suffered from frequent petit mal, and 15 of ...
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