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Status epilepticus complicating migraine

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J. A. Twomey

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuro-physiology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Bradford, England

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R. J. Abbott,

R. J. Abbott

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuro-physiology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Bradford, England

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A. J. Franks,

A. J. Franks

Department of Neuropathology, Leeds General Infirmary, Bradford, England

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A. A. Burt,

A. A. Burt

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuro-physiology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Bradford, England

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N. J. Hakin,

N. J. Hakin

Department of Neurology, St. Luke's Hospital, Bradford, England

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J. A. Twomey,

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J. A. Twomey

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuro-physiology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Bradford, England

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R. J. Abbott,

R. J. Abbott

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuro-physiology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Bradford, England

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A. J. Franks,

A. J. Franks

Department of Neuropathology, Leeds General Infirmary, Bradford, England

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A. A. Burt,

A. A. Burt

Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuro-physiology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Bradford, England

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N. J. Hakin,

N. J. Hakin

Department of Neurology, St. Luke's Hospital, Bradford, England

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First published: April 1988

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1988.tb05919.x

Citations: 7

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ABSTRACT— We describe 2 patients who developed status epilepticus in association with migraine attacks. One patient died and at the autopsy had ischaemic changes confined to the occipital lobes. The second patient made an uneventful recovery.

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