Congenital Long QT Syndrome presenting as epilepsy.
Epilepsy can sometimes be mimicked in children by other organic conditions. We present a 11 year old boy with the congenital long QT syndrome who had recurrent "seizures" for five years which had been treated as epilepsy.
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Raja Jai Sundar
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Department of Pediatrics, Southern Railway Hospital, Perambur, Chennai 600023, India. rajajs@yahoo.com
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Parvathy C
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Thomas
Joy M
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Sundarsana
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D020108:Nicorandil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D020108:Nicorandil