title: [Interictal EEG activity specific for a particular variety of temporal epilepsy. Epileptic temporal theta rhythm].
abstract: The authors stress the importance of a local theta-rhythm first described by Chatrian in 1953 and largely neglected by clinical electroencephalographers. This rhythm is constituted of waves at 3-5 c/sec; it is localised on the anterior temporal region in one hemisphere and has the same value as isolated temporal spikes or spike-waves for the diagnosis of temporal epilepsy. It furthermore presents the advantage of being specific for a particular form of temporal epilepsy of precocious appearance subsequent to a sclerosis of the anterior median temporal cortex acquired at birth or in early childhood.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013826:Theta Rhythm
vernacular_title: Une activité EEG intercritique spécifique d'une variété particulière d'épilepsie temporale. Le rythme théta temporal épileptique.