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Possible induction of West syndrome by oxcarbazepine therapy in a patient with complex partial seizures Volume 14, issue 1, March 2012



Figure 1 (A) EEG at the age of 17 months before the onset of infantile spasms revealing right posterior quadrant delta slowing with C4-P4 focal sharp waves and spikes (lower bar), and less frequent left frontal focal sharp waves and spikes (upper bar). (B) EEG at 18 months of age while awake showing diffuse hypsarrhythmia. The patient had approximately 800-millisecond flexor spasms with evident muscle artefact and some voltage attenuation (bar). (C) Hypsarrhythmia pattern in sleep on the same day.



Figure 2 EEG during sleep on the third day after the cessation of oxcarbazepine revealing normal sleep background with sleep spindles.