@article{ref1,
title="Self-induced stretch syncope of adolescence: a video-EEG documentation",
journal="Epileptic disorders",
year="2007",
author="Mazzuca, Michel and Thomas, P.",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="413-417",
abstract="We present the first video-EEG documentation, with ECG and EMG features, of stretch syncope of adolescence in a young, healthy 16-year-old boy. Stretch syncope of adolescence is a rarely reported, benign cause of fainting in young patients, which can be confused with epileptic seizures. In our patient, syncopes were self-induced to avoid school. Dynamic transcranial Doppler showed evidence of blood flow decrease in both posterior cerebral arteries mimicking effects of a Valsalva manoeuvre. Dynamic angiogram of the vertebral arteries was normal. Hypotheses concerning the physiopathology are discussed. [Published with video sequences].<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1294-9361",
doi="10.1684/epd.2007.0133",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/epd.2007.0133"
}