RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Late seizures in patients with internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusive disease following ischaemic events.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1345
OP 1347
DO 10.1136/jnnp.47.12.1345
VO 47
IS 12
A1 P De Carolis
A1 R D'Alessandro
A1 R Ferrara
A1 A Andreoli
A1 T Sacquegna
A1 E Lugaresi
YR 1984
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/47/12/1345.abstract
AB The occurrence of post-infarction epilepsy was investigated in 68 patients with angiographically proven internal carotid artery occlusion and in 56 patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion. Epileptic seizures occurred during follow-up in 9% of the carotid artery group and in 21.4% of the middle cerebral artery group. The different incidence of seizures in the two groups was statistically significant. The physiopathological mechanism of the late post-infarction epilepsy is discussed.