Telephone 0039 51 585158; fax 0039 51 6442165. OBJECTIVES Sudden falls have been described in patients with partial epilepsy. However, no study has detailed the clinical, EEG, and evolutive features ...

People may get injured when they fall. Head protection, such as a helmet or other protective gear, may be needed. These seizures are also called "drop attacks" or "drop seizures." Atonic seizures can ...

A recent report has described the use of video-electroencephalography (video-EEG) in the management of patients with atypical juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). The work highlights the importance ...

Outside the context of overdose and serotonin syndrome, seizures and myoclonic movements attributed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are rare and poorly documented. We present a ...

The most difficult was to distinguish cryptogenic localisation related epilepsy from severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy. Repeat focal seizures and persisting spike focus were the earliest and most ...

We present a case of a teenager with intractable seizures and progressive mental decline, diagnosed as Lafora body disease on axillary skin biopsy. He was admitted with status epilepticus with ...

2) Myoclonus: There are sudden jerks ... This can cause a sudden fall called a "Drop Attack". Besides these common types, ...

She suffered up to 150 eyelid myoclonic seizures per day and said the condition ... which went on to become drop attacks - losing ability to use my leg or having more non-epileptic seizures ...