[Gelastic seizures: etiology, semiology, therapeutic perspectives].
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Gelastic seizures (laughing seizures) are a rare type of epileptic seizure in which laugh in a main and dominating manifestation of the seizure. As a rule, the seizures are caused by organic cerebral pathology and are often reported as a specific epilepsy marker related to hypothalamic hamartoma. The interictal EEG frequently shows a focal activity. Based on examination of 2 patients with gelastic seizures and hypothalamic hamartoma, clinical features, EEG characteristics and therapeutic perspectives for the disorder are discussed.
Male, Brain Diseases, Adolescent, Laughter, Hamartoma, Hypothalamus, Electroencephalography, Crying, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Self Concept, Child, Preschool, Humans, Anticonvulsants, Female, Epilepsies, Partial
Male, Brain Diseases, Adolescent, Laughter, Hamartoma, Hypothalamus, Electroencephalography, Crying, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Self Concept, Child, Preschool, Humans, Anticonvulsants, Female, Epilepsies, Partial
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