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Table 1 Characteristics of Finnish Huntington’s disease patients with epileptic seizures

From: Comorbid epilepsy in Finnish patients with adult-onset Huntington’s disease

   

Repeat length

Age (years) at

   

Patient

Gender

Inheritance

CAG (affected)

CAG (wild type)

HD diagnosis

Seizure onset

Medication

Tapering off

Age at death

I

Male

Paternal

40

19

76

56

CBZ, later PHT

Successful

85

II

Male

Maternal

n.d.

n.d.

49

33

CBZ

2 Attempts, unsuccessful

 

III

Female

Maternal

44

17

35

40

VPA

n.a.

 
  1. n.a. not attempted, n.d. not determined, CBZ Carbamazepin, PHT Phenytoin, VPA Valproic acid