READING-INDUCED ABSENCE SEIZURES

Authors
SINGH B ANDERSON L ALGASHLAN M ALSHAHWAN SA RIELA AR
Citation
B. Singh et al., READING-INDUCED ABSENCE SEIZURES, Neurology, 45(8), 1995, pp. 1623-1624
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
45
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1623 - 1624
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1995)45:8<1623:RAS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Reading epilepsy usually presents with jaw myoclonus and generalized t onic-clonic seizures. We report a 12-year-old girl with absence seizur es induced by reading, which were diagnosed by video EEG, An absence s eizure with generalized 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge occurred within 30 seconds of each reading session. Treatment with valproate caused co mplete seizure control, with therapy successfully discontinued after 2 years.