Русский журнал детской неврологии (Apr 2015)

GELASTIC SEIZURES IN TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS

  • M. B. Mironov,
  • K. Yu. Mukhin,
  • M. Yu. Dorofeeva,
  • I. V. Ivanova,
  • T. I. Zhuravlyova,
  • A. A. Alikhanov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17650/2073-8803-2014-9-2-50-54
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 50 – 54

Abstract

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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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