Cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy of neonatal onset

Seizure. 1996 Dec;5(4):317-9. doi: 10.1016/s1059-1311(96)80028-8.

Abstract

We report three patients with localization-related epilepsy of neonatal onset. They exhibited favourable psychomotor development and had no cerebral lesions on neuroimaging studies despite the presence of intractable partial seizures of neonatal onset. Although rare, some cases of epilepsy of neonatal onset may be cryptogenic, i.e. they belong to neither the symptomatic nor the idiopathic group.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Glucose / metabolism
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Partial / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsies, Partial / physiopathology
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology
  • Spasms, Infantile / diagnosis*
  • Spasms, Infantile / physiopathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

  • Blood Glucose