title: Parkinson's disease: less epileptic seizures, more status epilepticus.
abstract: We compared the rate of epilepsy and status epilepticus (SE) in patients with and without Parkinson's disease (PD). Out of 1215 patients with idiopathic PD, 31 had epilepsy and 19 of these had at least one episode of SE (61.3%) compared to 298 of 2537 patients (11.7%; p<0.001) with epilepsy and without concomitant PD. This clinical finding supports the hypothesis that the functional impairment of the basal ganglia in PD patients makes SE more likely.
authors: Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany. Electronic address: berend.feddersen@med.uni-muenchen.de.
authors: Berend
authors: B
authors: Feddersen
authors: Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany.
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Rémi
authors: Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany.
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Einhellig
authors: Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany.
authors: Cordula
authors: C
authors: Stoyke
authors: Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany.
authors: Philipp
authors: P
authors: Krauss
authors: Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Germany.
authors: Soheyl
authors: S
authors: Noachtar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Dopamine; Epilepsy; Parkinson's disease; Seizure; Status epilepticus