Recurrent catamenial absence status epilepticus persisting in post-menopausal period: The pivotal role of video-EEG

Chiara Reale^{1

2}, Maria Teresa Di Claudio¹, Maria Rachele Bianchi¹, Anna Maria Papantonio³, Gaetano Cantalupo^{2

4

5}, Francesca Darra^{2

4

5}, Giuseppe d'Orsi¹

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Unit, Epilepsy Centre, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
² Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University Hospital of Verona (full member of the European Reference Network EpiCARE), Verona, Italy.
³ ASL Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, Innovation Biomedicine Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁵ Center for Research on Epilepsy in Pediatric Age (CREP), University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.

Case Reports

Chiara Reale et al. Epileptic Disord. 2024 Apr.

. 2024 Apr;26(2):257-260.

doi: 10.1002/epd2.20198. Epub 2024 Feb 22.

Chiara Reale^{1

2}, Maria Teresa Di Claudio¹, Maria Rachele Bianchi¹, Anna Maria Papantonio³, Gaetano Cantalupo^{2

4

5}, Francesca Darra^{2

4

5}, Giuseppe d'Orsi¹

¹ Neurology Unit, Epilepsy Centre, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
² Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University Hospital of Verona (full member of the European Reference Network EpiCARE), Verona, Italy.
³ ASL Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, Innovation Biomedicine Section, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁵ Center for Research on Epilepsy in Pediatric Age (CREP), University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: absence status epilepticus; catamenial status epilepticus; elderly; genetic generalized epilepsies; menopause.

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