Epilepsy and muscular dystrophy
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Epilepsy and muscular dystrophy. Epilepsy occurs in 6.3% of cases. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Epilepsy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
- Epilepsy occurs in 6.3% of cases
- This is focal, generalized tonic-clonic, or absences
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
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Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD)
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Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD)
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Other muscular dystrophies
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References
- Tsao CY, Mendell JR. Partial epilepsy in an adolescent male with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 1B. J Child Neurol 2009; 24:346-348.
- Tsao C-Y, Mendel JR. Coexisting muscular dystrophies and epilepsy in children. J Child Neurol 2006; 21:148-150.
- Pane M, Messina S, Bruno C, et al. Duchenne muscular dystrophy and epilepsy. Neuromuscul Disord 2013; 23:313-315.
- Funakoshi M, Goto K, Arahata K. Epilepsy and mental retardation in a subset of early onset 4q35-facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Neurology 1998; 50:1791-1794.
- Grosso S, Mostardini R, Di Bartolo RM, Balestri P, Verrotti A. Epilepsy, speech delay, and mental retardation in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2011; 15:456-460.
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