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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Res. 2008 Apr 23;80(1):30–41. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.03.011

Table 1.

Demographic, Clinical, and Tractographic profile of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients

ID Sex AGE (months) DUR (months) Handedness ARF
EEG Finding Seizure semiology AED History*
Right Left

1 F 227 86 Right LS LS Occasional sharp waves from left tempo-frontal region Aura of colors in front of eyes, followed by staring episodes and behavioral arrest LAM, LEV,LOR

2 M 152 58 Right LS LS Frequent spike waves from left fronto-parieto-temporal region Feeling weird followed by generalized tonic clonic activity LEV

3 F 111 99 Right LS LS Intermittent rhythmic theta activity in left temporal region Drooling, chewing and repeated swallowing, followed by generalized stiffening, and falls asleep postictally CAR, LEV

4 F 86 81 Left PS LS Intermittent sharp wave activities at the left temporal region Episodes of agitation with some difficulty in breathing and automatism VAL, LEV, GAB

5 F 40 35 Right LS PS Occasional Sharp wave activity in the left fronto-temporal region Head drops, stiffness of body with arm lifting and shaking DIV, TOP, ZON

6 F 11 5 Right LS PS Rhythmic theta activity in the left parieto-temporal region Generalized body stiffening with light twitching of the extremities PHE, OXC, TOP

7 M 200 36 Right LS LS Rare spike and sharp waves in the left subtemporal region Visual and auditory hallucination, staring spells DIV, ZON, TOP

8 M 199 140 Right LS LS Continuous polymorphic delta slowing over left temporo-occipital region Feeling weird followed by GTC ZON, TOP

9 F 138 114 Left LS LS Frequent spike waves from left parieto-temporal region Eye flutters, atonic head drops LAM, CLO

10 F 89 25 Right LS PS Frequent left fronto-temporal spike wave activity as well as frequent generalized spike and wave activities Staring episodes with behavioral arrest OXC, LAM, ETO, DIV

11 M 208 56 Right LS LS Frequent left sided polyspike bursts Whole body stiffening, shaking and foaming of the mouth DIV, ZON, LEV

12 M 186 175 Right LS LS Occasional interictal sharp wave activity in the left temporal region during sleep Staring episodes, eyes and head deviation to right side followed by mouth twitching, and right hand shaking DIV, OXC, LAM

13 F 27 24 Left LS LS Frequent spike and wave and sharp wave activity over the left posterior temporal region Myoclonic jerking LAM, OXC, VIG

Abbreviations: F: female, M: male, DUR: duration of epilepsy, ARF: arcuate fasciculus, LS: long segment of arcuate fasciculus, PS: posterior segment of arcuate fasciculus (Catani et al., 2005). When the long segment (LS) of arcuate fasciculus was absent, the posterior segment (PS) alone was used. AED: Antiepileptic drug, LAM: Lamortigine, LEV: Levetiracetam, LOR: Lorazepam, CAR: Carbamazepine, VAL: Sodium Valporate, GAB: Gabapentin, DIV: Sodium divalproex, PHE: Phenobarbital, ZON: Zonisamide, TOP: Topiramate, OXY: Oxcarbazepine, VIG: Vigabatrin, ETO: Ethosuximide, CLO: Clobazam.

*

Drug history includes only the available data in our clinical database and it may be incomplete.