[Epileptogenesis of acute encephalitis and acute encephalopathy: epilepsy with its onset in the acute phase and without a latent period].
No To Hattatsu
; 32(3): 261-7, 2000 May.
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| ID: mdl-10824579
ABSTRACT
Epileptogenesis was evaluated in 60 patients with acute encephalitis and in 10 patients with acute encephalopathy. Forty-seven patients have been seizure-free during for more than three years' follow-up (Group III). On the other hand, 23 patients developed epilepsy. Among them, 18 patients developed epilepsy after a latent period of 1 month to 2 3/12 years (Group I). In Group I, a younger age of the onset, a long period of disturbed consciousness and a high activity of CSF neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was associated with refractory epilepsy. The other five patients had continuous seizures from the acute phase of encephalitis without a latent period (Group II). They had more than 2 types of partial motor seizures which occurred frequently during the acute phase of encephalitis. The NSE activity in the CSF of patients in Group II was less than 50 ng/ml, being similar to those in Group III. The epilepsy in Group II, however, was the most refractory. The reason for the development of this continuous refractory epilepsy remained obscure.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Encefalopatías
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Encefalitis
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Epilepsia
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ja
Revista:
No To Hattatsu
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article