A case of gelastic seizures in Harare, Zimbabwe.
We describe a very rare case of a frontal lobe epilepsy that presented with gelastic seizures. It occurred in a 19 year old male and the gelastic seizures were controlled by carbamazepine 400 mg/day.
Sebit
M B
MB
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.
Suleman
M I
MI
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007845:Laughter; D008297:Male; D015030:Zimbabwe
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine