RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Poriomania
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1616
OP 1619
DO 10.1212/WNL.29.12.1616
VO 29
IS 12
A1 Richard Mayeux
A1 Michael P. Alexander
A1 D. Frank Benson
A1 Jason Brandt
A1 Jeff Rosen
YR 1979
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/29/12/1616.abstract
AB Three patients with complex partial seizures experienced prolonged episodes of aimless wandering followed by retrograde amnesia for the experience, a phenomenon called poriomania. Our experience and the literature suggest that this behavior is a prolonged postictal automatism and is not psychogenic. Adjustments of anticonvulsant therapy eliminated this behavior in all three of our patients.