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. 1990 Jun;237(3):166-70.
doi: 10.1007/BF00314589.

Epileptic seizures in thrombotic stroke

C Y Sung  1 , N S Chu
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Epileptic seizures in thrombotic stroke

C Y Sung et al. J Neurol. 1990 Jun.

Abstract

Epileptic seizures due to thrombotic cerebral infarction were studied in 118 patients. The occurrence of seizures had a bimodal distribution with one peak period within 2 weeks and another peak period from 6 to 12 months after stroke. Four patients had seizures preceding stroke, while 23 patients without a history of previous stroke had "silent infarct" on the CT scan. Fifteen patients (13%) had status epilepticus. Simple partial seizures occurred in 56% of patients, complex partial seizures in 24% and generalized tonic-clonic seizures in 4%. Epilepsy developed in 35% of patients with early seizures and in 90% of patients with late seizures.

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