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EARLY ONSET BENIGN OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY (PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME): REPORT OF A CASE
SEYYED MOHAMMAD RAFIEI
The Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, !ran.
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 ABSTRACT

 Seizure disorders are the most common neurological illnesses in infants and children. Presented is an 8 year old boy with nocturnal vomiting episodes, found to have EEG characteristics of early onset benign occipital epilepsy, better known as Panayiotopoulos syndrome.

Keywords: Panayiotopoulos Syndrome (PS), Occipital Epilepsy (OE), Benign Cortical Epilepsy.
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Type of Study: case report | Subject: Neurology
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