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Difficulties in the differential diagnosis of epileptic and hypocalcemic seizures in children and adolescents
Author(s) -
И. О. Щедеркина,
Ksenia Orlova,
И. Е. Колтунов,
Elizaveta Orlova,
D. Yu. Korneev,
Olga F. Vykhristyuk
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nevrologiâ, nejropsihiatriâ, psihosomatika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2310-1342
pISSN - 2074-2711
DOI - 10.14412/2074-2711-2018-1s-66-74
Subject(s) - differential diagnosis , medicine , epilepsy , seizure disorders , electrolyte disorder , pediatrics , psychiatry , pathology , hyponatremia
Epileptic seizures require differential diagnosis with other paroxysmal conditions, including metabolic seizures. A variety of electrolyte changes can result in central nervous system dysfunction, including that as convulsive seizures. The paper describes electrolyte disorders leading to seizures, as well as their clinical features. It separately presents the  syndromes accompanied by hypocalcemia, in which there may be  convulsive paroxysms. The paper describes three clinical cases of  hypocalcemic seizures. It gives recommendations for the diagnosis and  management of patients with suspected metabolic seizures.

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