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Epilepsia partialis continua of the abdominal muscles: a detailed electrophysiological study of a case.

Fernández-Torre JL, Calleja J, Pascual J, Galdós P, De Pablos C, Berciano J

Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Hospital Universitario "Marqués de Valdecilla", Santander, Spain. jlfernandez@humv.es

We describe the clinical and electrophysiological features of an elderly woman presenting with persistent clonic twitching of the abdominal muscles that were considered to represent a rare manifestation of epilepsia partialis continua due to a metastatic cortical lesion.

Published 1 November 2004 in Mov Disord, 19(11): 1375-8.
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