Biomaterial Database

Epilepsia partialis continua. 1954

E KUGELBERG, and L WIDEN

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004827	Epilepsy	A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)	Aura,Awakening Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder,Epilepsy, Cryptogenic,Auras,Cryptogenic Epilepsies,Cryptogenic Epilepsy,Epilepsies,Epilepsies, Cryptogenic,Epilepsy, Awakening,Seizure Disorders
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017036	Epilepsia Partialis Continua	A variant of EPILEPSY characterized by continuous focal jerking of a body part over a period of hours, days, or even years without spreading to other body regions. Contractions may be aggravated by movement and are reduced, but not abolished during sleep. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY demonstrates epileptiform (spike and wave) discharges over the hemisphere opposite to the affected limb in most instances. The repetitive movements may originate from the CEREBRAL CORTEX or from subcortical structures (e.g., BRAIN STEM; BASAL GANGLIA). This condition is associated with Russian Spring and Summer encephalitis (see ENCEPHALITIS, TICK BORNE); Rasmussen syndrome (see ENCEPHALITIS); MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS. (From Brain, 1996 April;119(pt2):393-407; Epilepsia 1993;34;Suppl 1:S29-S36; and Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p319)	Kojewnikow Syndrome,Kozhevnikov Syndrome,Chronic Progressive Epilepsia Partialis Continua,Epilepsia Partialis Continua, Chronic Progressive,Kojevnikov's Epilepsy,Kojewnikov's Epilepsy,Kojewnikow's Syndrome,Kozhevnikov's Syndrome,Kozhevnikow Syndrome, Progressive Variant,Progressive Variant of Kozhevnikow Syndrome,Epilepsies, Kojevnikov's,Epilepsy, Kojevnikov's,Epilepsy, Kojewnikov's,Kojevnikov Epilepsy,Kojevnikov's Epilepsies,Kojewnikov Epilepsy