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ArticleJournal of general and family medicine2022

Non-convulsive epilepsy with acute-onset and short-lasting repeated fatigue attacks: A case of 30-year-old man.

Takashi Akimoto, Tadashi Kobayashi, Hiroki Maita, Hiroshi Osawa, Hiroyuki Kato

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Article in Journal of general and family medicine, 2022. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takashi AkimotoDepartment of General Medicine Hirosaki University School of Medicine and Hospital Hirosaki Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8569-7887
Tadashi KobayashiDepartment of General Medicine Hirosaki University School of Medicine and Hospital Hirosaki Japan.
Hiroki MaitaDevelopment of Community Healthcare Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine Hirosaki Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9642-9116
Hiroshi OsawaDepartment of General Medicine Hirosaki University School of Medicine and Hospital Hirosaki Japan.
Hiroyuki KatoDepartment of General Medicine Hirosaki University School of Medicine and Hospital Hirosaki Japan.
Hirosaki University Hospital · JPHirosaki University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 30-year-old man was referred to our department because of repeated acute-onset and short-lasting fatigue attacks, which occurred from 3 months before the referral. He had no abnormal findings in blood tests, electrocardiogram (including 24- h monitoring), or head MRI (including angiography). His vital signs were unremarkable, and his physical examination revealed no abnormal findings. Detailed history-taking with closed-ended questions revealed the occurrence of tingling sensation from the right fingers as the aura before his attacks. Electroencephalography was performed, which revealed focal epilepsy. Levetiracetam resolved his symptoms. Physicians could consider non-convulsive epilepsy as a potential cause of repeated acute-onset and short-lasting fatigue attacks of unknown etiology after underlying conditions, such as metabolic diseases, have been ruled out.

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acute‐onset and short‐lastingfocal epilepsygeneral malaisenon‐convulsive seizurepartial seizurerecurrent fatigue

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PMID35800643
PMCPMC9249925
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