Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2002):

Graphogenic epilepsy: a variant of language-induced epilepsy distinguished from reading- and praxis-induced epilepsy.

Full Abstract

We report a case of graphogenic epilepsy as a variant of language-induced epilepsy. A 25-year-old, right-handed woman had noticed for the previous 10 years that writing almost always provoked jerks or a jerking sensation in her right hand. No other triggers, including facets of language function such as reading and speaking, elicited any epileptic seizures. Ictal EEG demonstrated an initial left central abnormality. In our report, we stress that graphogenic seizures as an expression of language-induced epilepsy should not be confused with those that are manifestations of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, and that writing and reading trigger different facets of motor manifestations.

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Author information

Author/s: Oshima, Tomohiro (T); Hirose, Kazunori (K); Murakami, Hirosuke (H); Suzuki, Shigeru (S); Kanemoto, Kousuke (K);

Affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Aichi Medical University, 21 Yazako-Karimata, Nagakute, Japan.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association (Seizure), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jan; vol 12 (issue 1) : pp 56-9

Dates: Created 2002/12/23; Completed 2003/04/24; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12495651, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Adult Diagnosis, Differential Electroencephalography Epilepsy - diagnosis; drug therapy; etiology Female Humans

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile - diagnosis Parietal Lobe - physiopathology Reading Treatment Outcome Writing

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