RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Generalized epilepsies: a review
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 205
OP 226
VO 51
IS 2
A1 Hans Lüders
A1 Ronald P. Lesser
A1 Dudley S. Dinner
A1 Harold H. Morris III
YR 1984
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/2/205.abstract
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.