Persistence of point-waves on the electroencephalogram in idiopathic generalized epilepsy and therapeutic decision making;Persistance de pointes-ondes sur l'electroencephalogramme (EEG) dans les epilepsies generalisees idiopathiques et decisions therapeutiques

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 154, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 531-534

  Pedespan, J M ^a,b   Brissaud, O ^a   Loiseau, P ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031857907     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. AUTRET A., LAFFONT F., DEGIOVANI E., ROUX S. (1982). Etude de quelques facteurs influençant la survenue des activités paroxystiques intercritiques nocturnes dans les epilepsies généralisées primaires de l'adulte. Rev EEG Neurophysiol, 12 : 202-209.
2. BARTOLOMEI F., GENTON P., ROGER J., DRAVET C., BUREAU M., GASTAUT J.L. (1995). Prognostic factors in absence epilepsies (Childhood and juvenile absence epilepsies). Epilepsia, 36. suppl.3 : S91.
3. BRAATHEN G., MELANDER H. (1997). Early discontinuation of treatment in children with uncomplicated epilepsy : a prospective study with a model for prediction of outcome. Epilepsia 38 : 561-569.
4. BRUNQUELL P.J. (1991). EEG is a useful predictor of seizure recurrence following withdrawal of anticonvulsant medication in children. J. Epilepsy, 4 : 3-7.
5. CHARLTON M.H., YAHR M.D. (1967). Long-term follow-up of patients with petit mal. Arch Neurol, 16 : 595-598.
6. COBB W.A., GORDON N., MATTHEWS C., NEMAN E.A. (1961). The occipital delta rhythm in petit mal. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol, 13: 142-143.
7. COMMISSION ON CLASSIFICATION AND TERMINOLOGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LLEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY (1981). Proposal for revised clinical and electroencephalographical classification of epileptic seizures. Epilepsia, 22 : 489-501.
8. COMMISSION ON CLASSIFICATION AND TERMINOLOGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY (1989). Proposal for revised classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes. Epilepsia, 30 : 389-399.
9. CURRIER R.D., KOOI K.A., SAIDMAN L.J. (1963). Prognosis of "pure" petit mal. A follow-up study. Neurology, 13 : 959-967.
10. DELANGE M., CASTAN PH, PASSOUANT P. (1962). Etude du sommeil de nuit au cours d'épilepsies centrencéphaliques et temporales. Rev Neurol (Paris), 106 : 106-113.
11. DELGADO-ESCUETA A.V., ENRILE-BACSAL F (1994). Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy of Janz. Neurology, 34 : 285-294.
12. DINNER D.S. (1987). Sleep and pediatric epilepsy. Clev Clin J Med 56, suppl,. Part 2: 234-238.
13. DRAVET CH (1990). Les épilepsies myocloniques bénignes du nourisson. Epilepsies, 2 : 95-101.
14. GIANNAKODIMOS S., PANAYIOTOPOULOS C.P. (1996). Eyelid myoclonia with absence in adults: a clinical and video-EEG study. Epilepsia, 37 : 36-44.
15. GIBBERD F.B. (1966). The prognosis of petit mal. Brain 89 : 531-538.
16. HEDSTRÖM A., OLSSON I. (1991). Epidemiology of absence epilepsy: EEG findings and their predictive value. Pediatric Neurology, 7 : 100-104.
17. HERTOFT P. (1963). The clinical, electroencephalographic and social prognosis in petit mal epilepsy. Epilepsia, 4 : 298-314.
18. LANCMAN M.E., ASCONAPE J.J., PENRY J.K. (1994). Clinical and EEG asymmetries in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Epilepsia, 35 : 302-306.
19. LOISEAU P., DUCHE B., PEDESPAN J.M. (1995). Absence epilepsies. Epilepsia, 36: 1182-1186.
20. LOISEAU P., PESTRE M., DARTIGUES J.F., COMMENGES D., BARBERGER-GATEAU C., COHADON S. (1983). Long-term prognosis in two forms of childhood epilepsy: typical absence seizures and epilepsy with rolandic (centrotemporal) EEG foci. Ann Neurol, 13: 642-648.
21. LOMBROSO C.T. (1997). Consistent EEG focalities detected in subjects with primary generalized epilepsies monitored for two decades. Epilepsia, 38 : 797-812.
22. MATRICARDI M., BRINCIOTTI M. BENEDETTI P. (1989). Outcome after discontinuation of antiepileptic drug therapy in children with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 30 : 582-589.
23. MAY W. 1991. Comments on EEG as a useful predictor of seizure recurrence after antiepileptic drug withdrawal in children. J. Epilepsy, 4 : 9-10.
24. MICHELUCCI R., RUBBOU G., PASSARELLI D., RIGUZZI P., RIZZI R., VOLPI L., PARMEGGIANI L., RIZZI R., GARDELLA E., TASSINARI C.A. (1995). Idiopathic generalized epilepsy with persisting absence seizures in adult life: electroclinical patterns. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 61 : 471-477.
25. OLLER-DAURELLA L., SANCHEZ M.E. (1981). Evolucion de las ausencias tipicas. Rev Neurol (Barcelona), 9 : 81-102.
26. OVERWEG J., BINNIE C.D., OSTING J., ROWAN A.J. (1987). Clinical and EEG prediction of seizure recurrence following antiepileptic drug withdrawal. Epilepsy Res, 1 : 272-283.
27. PANAYIOTOPOULOS C.P., OBEID T., WAHEED G. (1989a). Absences in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. A clinical and video-electroencephalographic study. Ann Neurol, 25 : 391-397.
28. PANAYIOTOPOULOS C.P., OBEID T., WAHEED G. (1989b). Differenciation of typical absences in epileptic syndromes. A video EEG study of 224 seizures in 20 patients. Brain, 112 : 1039-1056.
29. PANAYIOTOPOULOS C.P., CHRONI E., DASKALOPOULOS C., BAKER A., ROWLINSON S., WALSH P. (1992). Typical absences in adults: clinical, EEG, video-EEG findings and diagnostic/syndromic considerations. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 55 : 1002-1008.
30. PANAYIOTOPOULOS C.P., OBEID T., TAHAN A.R. (1994). Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a 5-year prospective study. Epilepsia, 35 : 285-296.
31. SATO S., DREIFUSS F.E., PENRY J.K., KIRBY D.D., PALESH Y. (1983). Long-term follow-up of absence seizures. Neurology, 33 : 1590-1595.
32. SHINNAR S., BERG A.T. (1995). Withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs. Currents Opinions in Neurology, 8 : 103-106.
33. THE QUALITY STANDARDS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY (1995). Discontinuing antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients: a guideline. World Neurology, 10 : 9.
34. WOLF P., INOUE Y. (1984). Therapeutic response of absence seizures in patients of an epilepsy clinic for adolescents and adults. J Neurol, 231 : 225-229.