Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Incidence
Facts about temporal lobe
epilepsy
:
About 200,000 people experience a
seizure
for the first time each year in the US.
About 4 million people in the US have had a
seizure
.
The incidence of temporal lobe
seizures
is unknown.
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Symptoms
Related Topics:
Epilepsy
Febrile seizures
Petit-mal seizures
Seizures
Tonic clonic seizures
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Dizziness
Faintness
Loss of consciousness
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Last Updated: Aug 7, 2008
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Authors:
Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy References:
Feddersen B, Herzer R, Hartmann U, Gaab MR, Runge U. On the psychopathology of unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2005 Feb;6(1):43-9.
Fogarasi A, Jokeit H, Faveret E, Janszky J, Tuxhorn I. The effect of age on seizure semiology in childhood temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2002 Jun;43(6):638-43.
Franzon RC, Montenegro MA, Guimaraes CA, Guerreiro CA, Cendes F, Guerreiro MM. Clinical, electroencephalographic, and behavioral features of temporal lobe epilepsy in childhood. J Child Neurol. 2004 Jun;19(6):418-23.
Maillard L, Vignal JP, Gavaret M, Guye M, Biraben A, McGonigal A, Chauvel P, Bartolomei F. Semiologic and electrophysiologic correlations in temporal lobe seizure subtypes. Epilepsia. 2004 Dec;45(12):1590-9.
