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  • Title: Alcoholic epilepsy: review of a series and proposed classification and etiopathogenesis.
    Author: Devetag F, Mandich G, Zaiotti G, Toffolo GG.
    Journal: Ital J Neurol Sci; 1983 Sep; 4(3):275-84. PubMed ID: 6358122.
    Abstract:
    A review of the convulsive seizures of 153 alcoholics is followed by a proposed classification with the aim of defining more precisely the pattern of so-called alcoholic epilepsy and distinguishing it from the other alcohol-related seizures (due to sudden changes in alcohol intake: convulsive inebriation or alcohol withdrawal seizures) and seizures in which alcohol is only one of the pathogenetic factors. Particular attention is devoted to an analysis and comparison of alcohol withdrawal seizures and alcoholic epilepsy, which are a source of nosological confusion. The results of oral glucose tolerance tests suggest an etiopathogenesis for alcoholic epilepsy based on the carbohydrate metabolism.
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