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K-complex-induced seizures in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Oct 2008
El Helou J, Navarro V, Depienne C, Fedirko E, LeGuern E, Baulac M, An-Gourfinkel I, Adam C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine in detail the relations between seizures and K-complexes in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE). METHODS: Prolonged continuous video-EEG recording and analysis of 30 seizures in an 18-year-old woman suffering from ADNFLE with a CHRNA4 gene mutation. RESULTS: Twenty-seven of 30 recorded seizures started just after a K-complex. In nine cases a sound induced a K-complex...
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