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Abdominal epilepsia partialis continua due to cortical ischemia: a video-documented case report and review

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    Morgane Soler-Rico, Roger Denays & Eléonore Sinzobahamvya

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Video 1: Intermittent, irregular, sometimes vigorous contractions of the left abdominal muscles and involuntary “shock- like” pseudo-periodic contractions in the left inner thigh muscles were observed. Most of times, jerks were simultaneously present in both abdomen and thigh (mp4 68843 kb)

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Soler-Rico, M., Denays, R. & Sinzobahamvya, E. Abdominal epilepsia partialis continua due to cortical ischemia: a video-documented case report and review. Acta Neurol Belg 121, 279–281 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01466-4

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