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NEUROLOGY 2005;65:1805-1807
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Complex motor behaviors in temporal lobe epilepsy

M. Carreño, MD, PhD, A. Donaire, MD, M. A. Pérez Jiménez, MD, PhD, R. Agudo, MD, A. Quilez, MD, J. Rumià, MD, F. Villarejo, MD, N. Bargalló, MD, PhD, T. Boget, PsyD, T. Raspall, MD, L. Pintor, MD, PhD and X. Setoain, MD, PhD

From the Departments of Neurology (Drs. Carreño, Donaire, Agudo, and Quílez), Neurosurgery (Dr. Rumià), Radiology (Dr. Bargalló), Psychiatry and Psychology (Drs. Boget, Raspall, and Pintor), and Nuclear Medicine (Dr. Setoain), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; and Departments of Clinical Neurophysiology (Dr. Pérez Jiménez) and Neurosurgery (Dr. Villarejo), Hospital del Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Mar Carreño, Department of Neurology, Hospital Clínic, c/ Villarroel, 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain; e-mail: mcarreno{at}clinic.ub.es

Complex motor behaviors differing from typical automatisms were found in 12 of 502 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Movements involved proximal limb segments (6) or body axis (6) and were often preceded by auras and followed by automatisms. Seven of 12 patients are seizure free after surgery. The other 5 patients declined surgery.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received January 21, 2005. Accepted in final form August 18, 2005.






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