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01-07-2018 | Scientific Letter

Dacrystic Epilepsy

Author: Chandan Raybarman

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 7/2018

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To the Editor: Paroxysmal and stereotyped crying with preserved consciousness is a rare and unique clinical presentation of an epileptic seizure, occurring with an estimated frequency of 0.1% to 0.13% and rarely, it occurs as an isolated clinical feature [1, 2]. Dacrystic epilepsy was first named by Offen and colleagues [3] in 1976. …

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Title: Dacrystic Epilepsy
Author: Chandan Raybarman
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-017-2543-6

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