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Bathing Epilepsy: Report of Three Caucasian Cases

INTRODUCTION: Bathing epilepsy is a specific type of reflex epilepsy triggered by domestic bathing in water. It is a geographically specific epilepsy syndrome that is more prevalent in India Cases in Caucasian population are very rarely reported. These cases share many similar clinical features and...

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Autores principales: Dashi, Florian, Seferi, Arsen, Rroji, Arben, Enesi, Eugen, Petrela, Mentor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26005279
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.113-115
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Bathing epilepsy is a specific type of reflex epilepsy triggered by domestic bathing in water. It is a geographically specific epilepsy syndrome that is more prevalent in India Cases in Caucasian population are very rarely reported. These cases share many similar clinical features and a similar prognosis to the Indian cases. CASE REPORT: We describe three cases of bathing epilepsy in Albanian population; two cases with well controlled seizures and one with drug-resistant seizures.