Auto-antibodies and seizures: clinical and EEG findings.
Epilepsy is a common disorder that may be caused by wide ranging etiologies. Historically a significant number of people with epilepsy have idiopathic epilepsy without a definitive etiology. More recently, auto-antibodies have been discovered to be associated with numerous conditions affecting the nervous system, including epilepsy. With this increased understanding of the potential for immune-based etiologies for epilepsy it is important to recognize the associated EEG patterns in such cases. This report presents the EEG findings in epilepsy patients with one or more auto-antibodies.
Joseph
J
Drazkowski
Matthew
M
Hoerth
Lisa
L
Tapsell
Katherine
K
Noe
Jerry
J
Shih
Joseph
J
Sirven
William O
WO
Tatum
D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D001323:Autoantibodies