Abstract
The clinical and EEG features of the syndrome of benign childhood occipital epilepsy (Panayiotopoulos syndrome [PS]) were studied in 66 patients seen between 1990 and 1997 at the Hospital Nacional de Pediatria "Juan P Garrahan," Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Highlights
An editorial by Berg AT and Panayiotopoulos CP (Neurology Oct (2 of 2) 2000;55:1073-1074) outlines the typical presenting symptoms of the syndrome, and proposes a continuum of interrelated, benign, childhood, partial epilepsy syndromes
In the same time period, 145 children were diagnosed with the syndrome of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)
Inclusion criteria for Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) included ictal vomiting (100%), deviation of eyes and head (98%), clonic partial seizures (33%), impaired consciousness, and secondary generalization to convulsions (39%)
Summary
An editorial by Berg AT and Panayiotopoulos CP (Neurology Oct (2 of 2) 2000;55:1073-1074) outlines the typical presenting symptoms of the syndrome, and proposes a continuum of interrelated, benign, childhood, partial epilepsy syndromes. The clinical and EEG features of the syndrome of benign childhood occipital epilepsy (Panayiotopoulos syndrome [PS]) were studied in 66 patients seen between 1990 and 1997 at the Hospital Nacional de Pediatria "Juan P Garrahan," Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the same time period, 145 children were diagnosed with the syndrome of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS). Inclusion criteria for PS included ictal vomiting (100%), deviation of eyes and head (98%), clonic partial seizures (33%), impaired consciousness, and secondary generalization to convulsions (39%).
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