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Controlled Clinical Trial
. 2006 Jul 25;67(2):343-5.
doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000225185.37081.97.

Auras are frequent in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

L S Boylan  1 , D L Labovitz, S C Jackson, K Starner, O Devinsky
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Controlled Clinical Trial

Auras are frequent in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

L S Boylan et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

The occurrence of an aura is often considered evidence of a partial rather than an idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome. The authors examined this hypothesis by prospectively recording reports of auras by patients being admitted for video-EEG monitoring. Auras were equally common (70%) among patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy as they were among those with localization-related epilepsy. Presence of an aura is not a reliable indicator of localization-related epilepsy.

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