Gelastic seizures and "smiling spasms": A peculiar ictal pattern

Epileptic Disord. 2023 Apr;25(2):269-273. doi: 10.1002/epd2.20012. Epub 2023 May 16.

Tommaso Lo Barco^{1

2

3}, Laura Corona¹, Roberta Solazzi^{1

4}, Elena Fiorini¹, Giulia Galati¹, Alberto Cossu¹, Jacopo Proietti¹, Stefano Francione⁵, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina², Francesca Darra^{1

2}, Gaetano Cantalupo^{1

2}

¹ Child Neuropsychiatry, Department of Surgical Sciences, Dentistry, Gynaecology and Pediatrics, University of Verona, Full Member of European Reference Network EpiCARE, Verona, Italy.
² Center for Research on Epilepsies in Pediatric age (CREP), Verona, Italy.
³ PhD Program in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Neuroscience, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Full Member of European Reference Network EpiCARE, Milan, Italy.
⁵ "Claudio Munari" Centre for Epilepsy Surgery, ASST GOM Niguarda, Full Member of European Reference Network EpiCARE, Milan, Italy.

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Keywords: gelastic seizures; hypothalamic hamartoma; mimic automatisms; smiling spasms; spasms.

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