Gelastic seizure

Gelastic seizure

Gelastic seizures are a type of minor seizure that manifests as a sudden, unprovoked outburst of emotion, usually laughter or crying. When occurring as isolated events, they are usually of short duration, lasting from a few seconds to less than a minute, but they also may be seen as part of a more general seizure. As is common with other minor seizure types, the sufferer may or may not lose consciousness or retain memory of the event.

References

* [http://www.ilae-epilepsy.org/ctf/gelastic.html Gelastic Seizures - Goran Brandberg, Orvar Eeg-Olofsson]
* [http://www.epilepsyontario.org/client/EO/EOWeb.nsf/web/Gelastic+Seizures Epilepsy Ontario - Gelastic seizures]


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