Figure 10.15. Asymptomatic GSWD on video EEG of a 19-year-old university student who had two GTCS at 14 and 18 years of age. They both occurred half an hour after awakening from a brief sleep during exam periods. There was no clinical history of any other type of seizures and there were no other symptoms preceding either of the GTCS.

Figure 10.15Asymptomatic GSWD on video EEG of a 19-year-old university student who had two GTCS at 14 and 18 years of age. They both occurred half an hour after awakening from a brief sleep during exam periods. There was no clinical history of any other type of seizures and there were no other symptoms preceding either of the GTCS.

Note that the discharges may start from right or left. Also note focal spikes at various locations.

From: Chapter 10, Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsies

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The Epilepsies: Seizures, Syndromes and Management.
Panayiotopoulos CP.
Oxfordshire (UK): Bladon Medical Publishing; 2005.
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