title: Evoked spikes and giant somatosensory evoked potentials in a patient with fragile-X syndrome.
abstract: We report the case of a 7 year old boy with fragile-X syndrome and epilepsy. In this patient, the detection of rolandic epileptiform potentials during sleep and hand tapping-evoked rolandic EEG spikes, together with giant somatosensory evoked potentials, further support the already suggested neurophysiological similarities between fragile-X syndrome and benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Oasi per la Ricerca sul Ritardo Mentale e l'Invecchiamento Cerebrale (IRCCS), Troina, Italy.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Musumeci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scuderi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Del Gracco
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology*; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male