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| Title |
Comorbid epilepsy in Finnish patients with adult-onset Huntington’s disease
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| Published in |
BMC Neurology, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12883-016-0545-z |
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| Authors |
Jussi O. T. Sipilä, Merja Soilu-Hänninen, Kari Majamaa |
| Abstract |
Seizures are common in juvenile Huntington's disease (HD), but considered to be rare in adult-onset HD. We studied the occurrence of epilepsy and seizures in a nationwide cohort of Finnish patients with adult-onset HD. Patients with HD and their diagnoses of epilepsy or seizures were identified by a search into a nationwide registry. Cases were verified in a subsequent review of patient charts. Three out of 114 HD patients alive on prevalence date had been diagnosed with epilepsy giving a prevalence of 2.6 % (95 % CI, 0.6-7.5). In addition, one patient with a single unprovoked seizure, one patient with a medication-induced seizure and two patients with transient nonspecific attacks were identified. Epilepsy was not associated with clinical severity of HD and seizures were controlled with antiepileptic medications (AEDs). Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCs) were the most common seizure type. Prevalence of epilepsy is similar in patients with adult-onset HD compared to general population. Seizures are easily controlled with AEDs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 36 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 19% |
| Unknown | 1 | 3% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 47% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 8% |
| Psychology | 3 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 8% |
Attention Score in Context
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