EEG in Gastaut Type-Idiopathic Childhood Occipital Epilepsy.
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Sep 20, 2016
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Gastaut type-idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy; G-ICOE; EEG;Epilepsy; Idiopathic focal epilepsy
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Abstract
Gastaut type-idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy (G-ICOE) is a rare form of idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy. It is characterized by late-onset, brief, frequent, usually diurnal, elementary visual auras which may be associated with hemi-clonic or generalized convulsion. Occasionally the clinical presentation can be overlapped with Panayiotopoulos syndrome. Typical EEG findings are occipital paroxysms. The prognosis remains uncertain, but most seizures are often responsive to antiepileptic treatment.
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Chansakul C. EEG in Gastaut Type-Idiopathic Childhood Occipital Epilepsy. BKK Med J [Internet]. 2016 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];12(1):93. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bkkmedj/article/view/221579
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