This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.
Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome (HHE) was first described by Gastaut and colleagues almost 50 years ago.1 It is defined by a prolonged unilateral febrile seizure or seizures followed by the development of a transient or permanent hemiparesis ipsilateral to the side of the convulsion occurring in a young child (<4 years of age). The imaging and pathologic features of HHE include acute edema of the affected hemisphere, often followed by the development of volume loss in that hemisphere.2,3 Following initial presentation, children may then develop partial epilepsy at a time remote from the initial presentation.
In this issue of Neurology®, Kim and colleagues4 describe the outcome of epilepsy surgery in 26 people with HHE and delayed onset intractable epilepsy. They demonstrated that limited surgical resection …
AAN Members
We have changed the login procedure to improve access between AAN.com and the Neurology journals. If you are experiencing issues, please log out of AAN.com and clear history and cookies. (For instructions by browser, please click the instruction pages below). After clearing, choose preferred Journal and select login for AAN Members. You will be redirected to a login page where you can log in with your AAN ID number and password. When you are returned to the Journal, your name should appear at the top right of the page.
AAN Non-Member Subscribers
Purchase access
Letters: Rapid online correspondence
REQUIREMENTS
You must ensure that your Disclosures have been updated within the previous six months. Please go to our Submission Site to add or update your Disclosure information.
Your co-authors must send a completed Publishing Agreement Form to Neurology Staff (not necessary for the lead/corresponding author as the form below will suffice) before you upload your comment.
If you are responding to a comment that was written about an article you originally authored:
You (and co-authors) do not need to fill out forms or check disclosures as author forms are still valid
and apply to letter.
Submission specifications:
- Submissions must be < 200 words with < 5 references. Reference 1 must be the article on which you are commenting.
- Submissions should not have more than 5 authors. (Exception: original author replies can include all original authors of the article)
- Submit only on articles published within 6 months of issue date.
- Do not be redundant. Read any comments already posted on the article prior to submission.
- Submitted comments are subject to editing and editor review prior to posting.
You May Also be Interested in
Topics Discussed
Alert Me
Recommended articles
Childhood-onset epilepsy with and without preceding febrile seizures
Surgical treatment of delayed epilepsy in hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome
Hippocampal sclerosis studied in identical twins
Temporal lobe epilepsy in childhood: Clinical, EEG, and neuroimaging findings and syndrome classification in a cohort with new-onset seizures