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Abdominal Epilepsy


Research Notes on Abdominal Epilepsy


Abdominal epilepsy describes a group of gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances caused by epileptiform seizure activity seen on EEG tracing. While a causal relationship has not been proven, the GI symptoms cannot be explained by other pathophyisological mechanisms, and are seen to improve upon anticonvulsant treatment. ...more from Wikipedia

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  • A physical symptom is that the external abdominal muscle twitches uncontrollably.1
  • The first account came in 1944 in an article by M.T. Moore.2
  • The phenomenon seems to be very rare, with a total of 36 case reports published in the English medical literature during the last 35 years.2

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  1. MedHelp: Abdominal Epilepsy
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia: Abdominal Epilepsy

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