Electroencephalogram in unilateral multilobar polymicrogyria with nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
This case report presents the epileptic encephalopathy in an 11-year-old girl with multilobar unilateral polymicrogyria and focal nonconvulsive status epilepticus where high epileptogenicity was responsible for progressive and severe cognitive dysfunction. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in epileptic encephalopathy with unilateral multilobar polymicrogyria has not been reported previously.
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Department of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. yscn@sezampro.yu
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D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D054220:Malformations of Cortical Development / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology