Reflex seizures induced by micturition and defecation, successfully treated with clobazam and phenytoin

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-171

  Higuchi, Tsukasa ^a,b   Fukuyama, Tetsuhiro ^a   Misawa, Yuka ^a   Inaba, Yuji ^a   Ichikawa, Motoki ^a   Koike, Kenichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Prefectural Suzaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

defecation; excretion induced seizures; micturition; pelvic base musculature; reflex seizure; supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; MIDAZOLAM; NORCLOBAZAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ALLERGIC RASH; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEFECATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MICTURITION; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX SEIZURE; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; DEFECATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHENYTOIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION;

EID: 80051577670     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0423     Document Type: Article

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