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Clinical and Electroencephalographic Studies

JOSEPH B. GREEN, MD

Arch Neurol. 1966;15(6):579-586.

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PATIENTS who induce seizures are undoubtedly rare but may not be as rare as suggested by the world literature. Andermann and his associates¹ cited 31 cases previously reported and added 20 more culled from the records of eight large institutions in Europe and the United States. Gastaut² estimated that one patient in 1,000 induced absences; Wadlington and his associates,³ in a review of 20,000 electroencephalograms, mentioned two patients who induced seizures. Contrary to these experiences, we have in a little over a year encountered nine patients who induced minor attacks by blinking or waving their fingers before their eyes, two others who hyperventilated until they convulsed, and a patient who had a seizure on request, with no indication of how he did it. Several patients had been given toxic doses of medication in a vain effort to control the seizures because the underlying problem was not . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
INDIANAPOLIS

From the Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 14, 1966; accepted July 26.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1100 W Michigan St, Indianapolis 46207 (Dr. Green).

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