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Painful Tonic Seizures in Multiple Sclerosis: Localization of a Lesion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

C.Peter Watson  and
M. Chiu
C.Peter Watson*
Affiliation:
The Mississauga Hospital, Mississauga and The Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
M. Chiu
Affiliation:
The Mississauga Hospital, Mississauga and The Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
*
3025 Hurontario Street, #504, Mississauga, Ontario. L5A 2H1. Canada
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The history of a patient with painful tonic seizures in association with multiple sclerosis is related. These seizures have been thought by most authors to be spinal in origin. This case is reported because of the localization of a supratentorial lesion, clinically and on CT scan.

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Case Report
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 359 - 361
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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