PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hans Lüders
AU  - Ronald P. Lesser
AU  - Dudley S. Dinner
AU  - Harold H. Morris III
TI  - Generalized epilepsies: a review
DP  - 1984 Jun 20
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 205--226
VI  - 51
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/2/205.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/2/205.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1984 Jun 20; 51
AB  - In this discussion of the pathophysiology of generalized seizures, the authors conclude that current evidence supports a primarily cortical origin, and that there is a continuum between strictly partial seizures at one end of the spectrum and definite generalized seizures at the other. Typical interictal electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns seen in patients with generalized seizures and their clinical correlations are discussed, and the ictal EEG patterns are subdivided according to their relationship to interictal EEG patterns. Special tests, such as sleep, photic stimulation, hyperventilation, evoked potentials, computer analysis, and prolonged EEG video-monitoring, which enhance diagnostic ability, are reviewed.