Benign Partial Seizures of Adolescence

Abstract

Eight patients matching the description of benign partial seizures of adolescence (BPSA), as described by Loiseau et al in 1978, were found among 92 teenagers, including 37 with new-onset focal seizures, enrolled in a prospective first-seizure study at the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Keywords

• benign partial seizures of adolescence
• epileptiform transients
• carbamazepine