Plantar responses after epileptic seizures.
We evaluated plantar responses after 75 epileptic seizures and 21 psychogenic seizures in 53 patients undergoing video-EEG monitoring. Extensor plantar responses (EPRs) were found after 27% of epileptic seizures in 42% of patients with epilepsy. EPRs were not found after psychogenic seizures but were seen after 52% of tonic-clonic seizures. Unilateral EPRs were usually contralateral to the side of seizure onset.
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Neurological Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032.
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D001405:Reflex, Babinski