title: Familial unilateral and bilateral occipital calcifications and epilepsy.
abstract: No familial cases of epilepsy associated with bilateral occipital calcifications (EBOC) have been reported so far. This paper describes the clinical, electrophysiological and radiological study of two sisters affected by partial epilepsy, one with unilateral and the other with bilateral occipital calcifications. Celiac disease was excluded in both patients, even though they presented the same HLA pattern usually found in coeliac subjects.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tortorella
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magaudda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mercuri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guzzetta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed