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Periventricular heterotopias with incomplete agenesis of corpus callosum and prolonged focal seizures
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A 25-year-old man with frequent prolonged seizures over 4 years was admitted for video EEG monitoring to clarify if the events were epileptic seizures or non-epileptic attacks.
One recorded seizure lasted 21 min. It began with confusion and progressed to a tonic-clonic seizure, involving only the left side of the body. The EEG during the seizure showed rhythmic delta and …
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned. Externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by Jane Adcock, Oxford, UK.
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