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Case Reports
. 2020 Sep 29;7(Suppl 3):S89-S92.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13053. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Photosensitive Epilepsy Syndromes Mimicking Motor Tics

Katherine Longardner  1 , Soaham Desai  2   3 , Mark Nespeca  1   4   5 , Matthew Bainbridge  6 , Jennifer Friedman  1   4   5   6
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Case Reports

Photosensitive Epilepsy Syndromes Mimicking Motor Tics

Katherine Longardner et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Tourette syndrome; epilepsy; pediatrics; stereotypies; tics.

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Conflict of interest statement

No specific funding was received for this work. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

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FIG 1
FIG 1
Electroencephalography showing generalized sharp and slow wave discharges associated with eyelid closure, confirming Jeavons syndrome.
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