Postictal language dysfunction in complex partial seizures: effect of contralateral ictal spread |
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Authors: | Ficker D M Shukla R Privitera M D |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, OH 45267-0525, USA. david.ficker@uc.edu |
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Abstract: | The authors report postictal language evaluation in patients monitored with bitemporal depth electrodes. Patients whose seizures began in the nondominant temporal lobe and propagated to the contralateral temporal lobe had a prolonged postictal language delay (PILD) with paraphasic errors compared with seizures that did not spread. Shorter propagation time was also associated with a longer PILD. Our study suggests that ictal involvement of the dominant temporal lobe is important in postictal language behavior. |
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