Abstract:
:Twenty two babies under 1 year old were referred for evaluation of suspected epileptic seizures. Nine were found to have epilepsy. In the other 13--all developing normally, aged up to 10 months--the spells were non-epileptic paroxysmal events (NEPE). They consisted of five patterns of movement: (1) eye blinking; (2) 'no' movements; (3) body posturing with head and arm jerks; (4) masturbation-like movements; and (5) myoclonic head flexion. The NEPE were present for a period of two weeks to seven months. Although some NEPE cannot be clinically differentiated from true epilepsy, in these infants at least four interictal EEGs were normal, the spells completely resolved after a relatively short period without antiepileptic treatment, and the infants continued to develop normally with no evidence of epilepsy during a follow up period of 28 to 38 months. This sample indicates that the frequency of NEPE in the first year of life may be high. Cautious clinical consideration, repeat EEGs and, when appropriate, a few weeks' observation are recommended. Awareness of these benign behavioural spells in this young age group is important, and parents can be reassured. Nevertheless, the spells may illustrate a 'foggy frontier' between NEPE and epilepsy. The lack of evidence for any other disease process in affected infants, as well as the disappearance of the NEPE without any intervention, indicates that a maturational process may be involved.
journal_name
Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
Shuper A,Mimouni Mdoi
10.1136/adc.73.4.342subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-10-01 00:00:00pages
342-4issue
4eissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044journal_volume
73pub_type
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/adc.2004.050468
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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doi:10.1136/adc.81.1.32
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.66.6.730
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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