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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine

Juvenile idiopathic epilepsy in Egyptian Arabian foals, a potential animal model of self-limited epilepsy in children.

Monica Aleman, Ruba Benini, Sami Elestwani, Tatiana Vinardell

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Monica AlemanDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-9520
Ruba BeniniDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7829-8722
Sami ElestwaniDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Tatiana VinardellEquine Veterinary Medical Center, Doha, Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4902-6725
Qatar Airways (Qatar) · QAEquine Veterinary Medical Center · QAUniversity of California, Davis · US

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Equine and Comparative Neurology Research Group (Aleman) V435AM2Qatar Foundation RG22_TV1Sidra Medicine
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundJuvenile idiopathic epilepsy (JIE) is categorized as a generalized epilepsy. Epilepsy classification entails electrocortical characterization and localization of epileptic discharges (ED) using electroencephalography (EEG). HYPOTHESIS/

objectivesCharacterize epilepsy in Egyptian Arabian foals with JIE using EEG. ANIMALS: Sixty-nine foals (JIE, 48; controls, 21).

methodsRetrospective study. Inclusion criteria consisted of Egyptian Arabian foals: (1) JIE group diagnosed based on witnessed or recorded seizures, and neurological and EEG findings, and (2) control group of healthy nonepileptic age-matched foals. Clinical data were obtained in 48 foals. Electroencephalography with photic stimulation was performed under standing sedation in 37 JIE foals and 21 controls.

resultsAbnormalities on EEG were found in 95% of epileptic foals (35 of 37) and in 3 of 21 control asymptomatic foals with affected siblings. Focal ED were detected predominantly in the central vertex with diffusion into the centroparietal or frontocentral regions (n = 35). Generalization of ED occurred in 14 JIE foals. Epileptic discharges commonly were seen during wakefulness (n = 27/37 JIE foals) and sedated sleep (n = 35/37 JIE foals; 3/21 controls). Photic stimulation triggered focal central ED in 15 of 21 JIE foals. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Juvenile idiopathic epilepsy has a focal onset of ED at the central vertex with spread resulting in clinical generalized tonic-clonic seizures with facial motor activity and loss of consciousness. Electroencephalography with photic stimulation contributes to accurate phenotyping of epilepsy. Foals with this benign self-limiting disorder might serve as a naturally occurring animal model for self-limited epilepsy in children.

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Epilepsies, PartialEpilepsyEpilepsy, GeneralizedHorse DiseasesAnimalsEgyptElectroencephalographyHorsesRetrospective StudiesSeizureselectroencephalogramepilepsyictalparoxysmalphoticseizures

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