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Case Reports
. 1990 Jan;53(1):83-4.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.1.83.

Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report

P H Jansen  1 , E M Joosten, H M Vingerhoets
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Case Reports

Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case report

P H Jansen et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990 Jan.

Abstract

A case is reported of a patient with periodic persistent hiccups and secondary generalised epilepsy lasting for a period of five years following a right temporal brain abscess. The recurring episodes of hiccups had a ten day rhythmicity and unlike epileptic convulsions were unresponsive to treatment.

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