Auras are frequent in idiopathic generalized epilepsy
- 25 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 67 (2) , 343-345
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000225185.37081.97
Abstract
The occurrence of an aura is often considered evidence of a partial rather than an idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome. The authors examined this hypothesis by prospectively recording reports of auras by patients being admitted for video-EEG monitoring. Auras were equally common (70%) among patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy as they were among those with localization-related epilepsy. Presence of an aura is not a reliable indicator of localization-related epilepsy.Keywords
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