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Ictal kissing in a patient with right frontal lobe epilepsy Volume 21, numéro 5, October 2019

Representative examples of the patients’ focal hyperkinetic seizures. Pouting is seen initially, then agitation with predominantly axial movements, at which time the kissing behaviour is seen. Awareness is not entirely lost, as some degree of interaction is seen during parts of the evolution of the seizure. Post-ictal recovery is fast and complete. For synchronous EEG (Pz referential montage) for both seizures, after an initial stage of diffuse attenuation, an evolving ictal pattern is seen involving initially the right frontal derivations, very close to the timing of the kissing automatisms.

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