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Abstract
To better define the characteristic clinical features of benign convulsions with mild
gastroenteritis, recently recognized as a new entity in Japan, we reviewed all the
10 patients we have seen from 1992 to 1994. The clinical features have been previously
reported in the literature to be afebrile generalized tonic-clonic seizures occurring
between the first and the fifth sick day of mild gastroenteritis. In our series, four
of 10 patients had convulsions before the onset of gastroenteritis. Overall, seizures
were mostly brief and often repetitive occurring in cluster (19 seizures/10 episodes).
Among these, a prolonged or partial seizure was frequently observed. In six of the
10 patients, the seizure type changed during an episode: from generalized to partial
seizures (n = 2), from partial to generalized seizures (n = 2), or from partial to
another type of partial seizures (n = 2). None in our series experienced a recurrence
episode of afebrile convulsion during follow-up. These findings suggest that benign
convulsions with mild gastroenteritis exhibit some variations in their clinical manifestation.
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Publication history
Accepted:
June 18,
1995
Received:
November 24,
1994
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© 1995 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
