title: Type I diabetes mellitus in a child presenting with epilepsy partialis continua.
abstract: Epilepsy partialis continua is an uncommon, localisation-related, seizure characterised by simple partial motor seizures with repetitive clonic jerks. A case of type I diabetes mellitus in a child who had presented with epilepsy partialis continua is presented. Antiglutamic acid decarboxylase 65 antibodies were found in his serum. Seizures were eventually controlled by anti-epileptic drugs, insulin and IV gamma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Vikramjit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Arabinda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017036:Epilepsia Partialis Continua / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid