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Gelastic epilepsy: Sturge-Weber syndrome with seizure facilitation
W Barnett1, P Vieregge, D Kömpf
1Departement of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Schweizer Archiv Fur Neurologie Und Psychiatrie (Zurich, Switzerland : 1985)
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case with Sturge-Weber syndrome and ictal laughter is described. The seizures were facilitated by relaxation and drowsiness. The possible anatomic substrate and interconnections are discussed in the context of the localization of the lesion in this case.