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Encephalopathy with epileptic spasms resolved with corticoids in a 69 year-old patient Volume 2, numéro 2, Juin 2000

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  • Encephalopathy with epileptic spasms resolved with corticoids in a 69 year-old patient

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Department of Neurology, University Hospital, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
  • Page(s) : 123-5
  • Année de parution : 2000

Epileptic spasms are generalized seizures characterized by a brief axial muscular contraction often occurring in clusters [1]. When associated with hypsarrhythmia and mental deterioration they define West syndrome [2, 3]. Epileptic spasms begin typically before 1 year of age [3-5], although onset in childhood has been reported [4, 5]. We report a 69 year-old man who presented epileptic spasms, with features strinkingly similar to the epileptic [...]