Publication Type : Journal Article
Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences
Source : Epileptic Disord, Volume 19, Issue 4, p.456-460 (2017), DOI: 10.1684/epd.2017.0941
Url : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29160208/
Keywords : Autoimmune Diseases, Brain, Electroencephalography, epilepsy, female, Humans, leptospirosis, middle aged, polysomnography, Sleep, Video recording
Campus : Kochi
School : School of Medicine
Department : Neurology
Year : 2017
Abstract : This video-illustrated case report concerns a 49-year-old woman who presented with sleep-related hypermotor seizures. The antecedent history of leptospirosis, high frequency of new-onset seizures, presence of an unclassified anti-neuronal antibody, and dramatic response to steroids strongly supported post-infectious immune-mediated pathogenesis in our patient. To the best of our knowledge, post-leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting as sleep-related hypermotor seizures has not hitherto been reported. [Published with video sequence on www.epilepticdisorders.com].
Cite this Research Publication : P. Makhija, Gopinath, S., Kannoth, S., and Radhakrishnan, K., “A case of post-leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting with sleep-related hypermotor seizures.”, Epileptic Disord, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 456-460, 2017, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2017.0941