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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior reports2021

Unilateral abdominal clonic jerking as an epileptic phenomenon.

Adam Patterson, Stephanie Woodroffe, R Mark Sadler

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Article in Epilepsy & behavior reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Case Report of Abdominal Myoclonus Following Anterior Cerebral Artery Stroke.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adam PattersonDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A, Canada.
Stephanie WoodroffeDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A, Canada.
R Mark SadlerDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A, Canada.
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unilateral abdominal wall clonic seizures are a rare manifestation of epilepsy. We report three cases of focal aware seizures manifesting as unilateral abdominal clonic motor movements. Standard EEG for patients with focal motor abdominal seizures is often unrevealing, which can make the diagnosis difficult. We report the first case of intracranial EEG in the diagnosis of a patients with this type of semiology during a focal seizure. In the absence of an electroclinical seizure verified by video-EEG monitoring, caution should be made with the diagnosis. A careful history should be obtained to help differentiate between unilateral abdominal clonic jerking and other abdominal complaints.

Identifiers

PMID34647004
PMCPMC8495099
OpenAlexW3198692317

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