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NEUROLOGY 2006;67:343-345
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Auras are frequent in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

L. S. Boylan, MD, D. L. Labovitz, MD, MS, S. C. Jackson, RN, MA, K. Starner, RN, MS and O. Devinsky, MD

From the New York University School of Medicine (L.S.B., S.C.J., K.S., O.D.), Bellevue Hospital Center (L.S.B.), New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (S.C.J., K.S., O.D.), St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (D.L.L.), New York, NY.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Laura S. Boylan, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, 462 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016; laura.boylan{at}med.nyu.edu

The occurrence of an aura is often considered evidence of a partial rather than an idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome. The authors examined this hypothesis by prospectively recording reports of auras by patients being admitted for video-EEG monitoring. Auras were equally common (70%) among patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy as they were among those with localization-related epilepsy. Presence of an aura is not a reliable indicator of localization-related epilepsy.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received September 27, 2005. Accepted in final form March 20, 2006.






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