Fixation-off sensitivity and generalized epileptic EEG induced by eyes closed.
This report describes a female with eyelid fluttering with absence seizures, infrequent generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and mild mental retardation. Interictal and video-electroencephalography evaluations revealed normal activity while eyes were open but continuous generalized discharges with eyes closed (eyes closed induced abnormality), as well as fixation-off sensitivity. This patient is in the group of a pure and distinct clinical form of fixation-off sensitivity cryptogenic generalized epilepsy.
Senbil
Nesrin
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Department of Pediatric Neurology, Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. senbilon@yahoo.com
Soyer
Ozge
O
Turanlý
Güzide
G
Gürer
Y K Yavuz
YK
D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005123:Eye / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans