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EEG with hyperventilation-induced generalized epileptiform discharges

MedGen UID:
869071
•Concept ID:
C4023489
•
Finding
Synonym: EEG with hyperventilation-induced generalised epileptiform discharges
 
HPO: HP:0011184

Definition

Generalized epileptiform discharges induced by hyperventilation (overbreathing) in cerebral electrical activity recorded along the scalp by electroencephalography (EEG). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEEG with hyperventilation-induced generalized epileptiform discharges

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Consistent topography and amplitude symmetry are more typical than morphology of epileptiform discharges in genetic generalized epilepsy.
Seneviratne U, Cook M, D'Souza W
Clin Neurophysiol 2016 Feb;127(2):1138-1146. Epub 2015 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.08.019. PMID: 26452310
Outcome of children with hyperventilation-induced high-amplitude rhythmic slow activity with altered awareness.
Barker A, Ng J, Rittey CD, Kandler RH, Mordekar SR
Dev Med Child Neurol 2012 Nov;54(11):1001-5. Epub 2012 Jun 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04337.x. PMID: 22712871

Diagnosis

Consistent topography and amplitude symmetry are more typical than morphology of epileptiform discharges in genetic generalized epilepsy.
Seneviratne U, Cook M, D'Souza W
Clin Neurophysiol 2016 Feb;127(2):1138-1146. Epub 2015 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.08.019. PMID: 26452310
Outcome of children with hyperventilation-induced high-amplitude rhythmic slow activity with altered awareness.
Barker A, Ng J, Rittey CD, Kandler RH, Mordekar SR
Dev Med Child Neurol 2012 Nov;54(11):1001-5. Epub 2012 Jun 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04337.x. PMID: 22712871
Epileptic seizures due to multiple cerebral cavernomatosis.
Spasić M, Lukić S
Vojnosanit Pregl 2007 Jul;64(7):489-92. doi: 10.2298/vsp0707489s. PMID: 17821926

Clinical prediction guides

Consistent topography and amplitude symmetry are more typical than morphology of epileptiform discharges in genetic generalized epilepsy.
Seneviratne U, Cook M, D'Souza W
Clin Neurophysiol 2016 Feb;127(2):1138-1146. Epub 2015 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.08.019. PMID: 26452310

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