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Partial Seizure Onset in Alcoholics

Partial seizure onset may be more common in alcoholics than what has been thought. Level of evidence: "C"

In a Norwegian study comprising 142 patients 1 half of those patients who were treated at the emergency room of a university hospital for a sudden episode of epilepsy and who were AUDIT positive (alcohol abusers) were found to have partial seizure onset.

Comment: The quality of evidence is downgraded by study quality and by imprecise results (limited study size).

    References

    • Bråthen G, Brodtkorb E, Helde G, Sand T, Bovim G. The diversity of seizures related to alcohol use. A study of consecutive patients. Eur J Neurol 1999 Nov;6(6):697-703. [PubMed]

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