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Convulsions of spinal cord origin

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This paper reports a patient who developed clonic convulsions of the upper limbs and grand mal attacks after a high thoracic traumatic spinal cord lesion. Repeated EEG recordings showed fast and spike background activity, as well as many bursts of spikes and low waves.

The concept of epileptic discharges of spinal cord origin is discussed.

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  1. S. Lavy

    Present address: Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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  1. Department of Neurology, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Y. Herishanu

  2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    E. Adler

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Lavy, S., Herishanu, Y. & Adler, E. Convulsions of spinal cord origin. Acta neurochir 23, 121–125 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401696

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