The questionnaire included a short introduction to epilepsy, followed by a list of typical clinical signs seen in focal seizures, focal seizures with secondary generalization and primary generalized seizures.
In the 112 children with epilepsy, the seizure types identified were focal motor with secondary generalization in 73 (65.2%), generalized convulsive seizures (tonic clonic and clonic) in 19 (16.9%), complex partial in 11 (9.8%), myoclonic in 2 (1.8%), focal motor in 3 (2.7%), generalized absence in 1 (0.9%), and undetermined in 3 (2.7%).
Twenty-five per cent experienced focal seizures, 53% experienced focal seizures with secondary generalization and 18% experienced primary generalized seizures.
Dogs manifesting generalized, simple/complex focal with or without secondary generalization were included.
The main seizure types were focal motor with secondary generalization in 73 (65.2%) of 112 and generalized convulsive seizures in 19 (16.9%) of 112.
This concurs with the findings of Akiyama et al. (2010), whose recent series of adult Dravet syndrome showed 35/40 apparently generalized seizures had frontal origin, with or without secondary generalization in the ictal EEG.
Given the importance of the thalamus in primary generalized epilepsies, it is conceivable that thalamic mechanisms play a role in secondary generalization in mTLE.
The amygdala-kindling model is used to study complex partial epilepsy with secondary generalization.
The amygdala-kindling model is a widely used model of complex partial epilepsy with secondary generalization.
Indeed, this association might be strongly underestimated owing to impaired consciousness during complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalization.
Twenty-nine consecutive residential patients with simple and/or complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalization and with different degrees of learning disability were included.
