Focal, generalised epilepsy or both?
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Neligan, Aidan
Vivekananda, Umesh
Sander, Josemir W.
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05/11/2024
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Journal Article
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Epilepsy
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A 29-year-old woman presented with a witnessed convulsion, with semiology consistent with a focal-to-bilateral tonic-clonic seizure. Routine EEG supported a syndromic diagnosis of idiopathic generalised epilepsy with photosensitivity. We discuss the clinical utility of seizure semiology, highlighting the caveat that over-reliance or sole reliance on the ictal semiology may result in an erroneous diagnosis of focal epilepsy in someone with a generalised epilepsy.
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Practical Neurology, 2025; 25(4): 349-351
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Practical Neurology
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25.0
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4.0