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Case Reports
. 1981;20(1):17-24.
doi: 10.1159/000115199.

Alcoholic epilepsy. A definition and a description of other convulsions related to alcoholism

Case Reports

Alcoholic epilepsy. A definition and a description of other convulsions related to alcoholism

H Yamane et al. Eur Neurol. 1981.

Abstract

The role of alcohol intake and withdrawal in so-called alcoholic epilepsy is discussed and illustrated by case reports. A classification is made which includes definitions of withdrawal convulsions, tetany-like withdrawal convulsions and alcohol-induced epileptic fits, with or without predisposing features.

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