title: [Paroxysmal tonic seizures in 2 female black patients with multiple sclerosis].
abstract: We present the clinical cases of two black patients from the Cabo Verde Islands, in whom Painful Tonic Seizures have been witnessed. In both cases the diagnosis of multiple would be certainly established and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) disclosed the cervical spinal cord lesions that, hypothetically, were responsible for the paroxysmal attacks.
authors.affiliation: Clínica de Neurologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Sá
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Coelho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Crises tónicas paroxísticas em duas doentes de raça negra com esclerose múltipla.