title: Bilaterally independent epileptic spasms in a case of Aicardi syndrome.
abstract: A girl with Aicardi syndrome was observed to have two distinct types of asymmetric epileptic spasms, as detected by ictal video-EEG recording at three months of age. When the two types of spasm concurred, they showed no mutual interactions based on either clinical or EEG aspects. This observation does not support the hypothesis that the brainstem always plays an initiating role in generating spasms. [Published with video sequences].
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan. k_koba@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kiyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
mesh_terms: D058540:Aicardi Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants