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Seizures in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: the relevance of smoking to stroke.

[sneddon syndrome]

To evaluate the frequency of seizures in primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) and their possible clinical and laboratory associations.Eighty-eight PAPS patients (Sydney's criteria) were analyzed by a standard interview, physical examination and review of medical charts. Risk factors for seizures, clinical manifestations, associated comorbidities, and antiphospholipid antibodies were evaluated.Nine (10.2%) patients with seizures were identified, 77.8% had convulsions onset after PAPS diagnosis. Mean age, gender, and race were comparable in groups with or without seizures. Interestingly, a higher frequency of current smoking (44.4 versus 10.1%, P = 0.019) was observed in the first group. Stroke, Sneddon's syndrome, and livedo reticularis were more frequent in PAPS patients with seizures than those without seizures, although not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Comparison between patients with seizures onset after PAPS diagnosis (n = 7) and those without convulsions (n = 79) demonstrated a higher frequency of current smoking (42.9 versus 10%, P = 0.042) and stroke in the first group (71.4 versus 30.4%, P = 0.041). Regression analysis confirmed that smoking (P = 0.030) and stroke (P = 0.042) were independently associated to seizures.About 10.2% of PAPS patients had convulsions, predominantly after PAPS diagnosis, and seizures were associated to current smoking and stroke.

Diseases presenting "seizures" symptom

  • alexander disease
  • alpha-thalassemia
  • cadasil
  • canavan disease
  • child syndrome
  • classical phenylketonuria
  • coats disease
  • cohen syndrome
  • cowden syndrome
  • erdheim-chester disease
  • familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
  • familial mediterranean fever
  • gm1 gangliosidosis
  • hirschsprung disease
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • kabuki syndrome
  • kallmann syndrome
  • krabbe disease
  • lamellar ichthyosis
  • legionellosis
  • locked-in syndrome
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • malignant atrophic papulosis
  • monosomy 21
  • neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  • oligodontia
  • phenylketonuria
  • proteus syndrome
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • scrub typhus
  • sneddon syndrome
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
  • zellweger syndrome

This symptom has already been validated