[How do temporal lobe seizures change by age?].
Seizure semiology describes different - motor, sensory, autonomic, etc. - aspects of epileptic seizures. Several semiological studies showed already that different epilepsies - especially temporal lobe epilepsy - contain age-dependent features. In our researches, we tried to assess these subjective aspects with as objective methods as possible. We gave a comprehensive (preictal, ictal, and postictal) description of seizure semiology in patients fulfilling the gold standard criteria of semiological studies: being seizure free after temporal lobe resections. Our studies based on a large population, assess epileptic features at different levels of brain maturation. They help to understand why certain semiological axes show special characteristics at different ages. In this review, I summarize the most important results of our seizure semiology studies in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Fogarasi
András
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Magyarországi Református Egyház Bethesda Gyermekkórháza, Epilepszia Centrum, Budapest. fogarasi@bethesda.hu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult