GELASTIC SEIZURES IN TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
- Authors: Mironov M.B.1, Mukhin K.Y.1, Dorofeeva M.Y.2, Ivanova I.V.1, Zhuravlyova T.I.1, Alikhanov A.A.3
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Affiliations:
- Svt. Lukа’s Institute of Child Neurology and Epilepsy, Moscow
- Research Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
- Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
- Issue: Vol 9, No 2 (2014)
- Pages: 50-54
- Section: CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS
- Published: 18.04.2015
- URL: https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/22
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/2073-8803-2014-9-2-50-54
- ID: 22
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Abstract
The authors consider the historical description, nosological entity, clinical and electroencephalographic manifestations of gelastic seizures, a rare type of epileptic seizures manifesting as sudden attacks of spasmodic laughter. They describe their case of gelastic seizures in a child with tuberous sclerosis.
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M. B. Mironov
Svt. Lukа’s Institute of Child Neurology and Epilepsy, Moscow
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Email: mironovmb@mail.ru
Russian Federation
K. Yu. Mukhin
Svt. Lukа’s Institute of Child Neurology and Epilepsy, MoscowRussian Federation
M. Yu. Dorofeeva
Research Clinical Institute of Pediatrics, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, MoscowRussian Federation
I. V. Ivanova
Svt. Lukа’s Institute of Child Neurology and Epilepsy, MoscowRussian Federation
T. I. Zhuravlyova
Svt. Lukа’s Institute of Child Neurology and Epilepsy, MoscowRussian Federation
A. A. Alikhanov
Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital, Ministry of Health of Russia, MoscowRussian Federation
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