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Speech-induced aphasic seizures in epilepsy caused by LGI1 mutation.
Epilepsia - 1 Jun 2005
Brodtkorb Eylert, Michler Ralf P, Gu Wenli, Steinlein Ortrud K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Patients with autosomal dominant lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (ADTLE) may have seizures precipitated by sound or speech. We have examined a patient with speech-induced seizures caused by an LGI1 mutation (C46R). METHODS: A clinical study and a video-EEG recording using interrogative speech as the activation procedure was performed in a 23-year-old man. RESULTS: He had experienced short episodes of...
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