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'''Ictal asystole''' is a rare occurence for patients that have temporal lobe epilepsy.<ref name=catinist>[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18977426 Video-electrographic and clinical features in patients with ictal asystole]</ref> It can often be identified by loss of muscle tone or the presence of bilateral asymmetric jerky limb movements during a seizure, although [[ECG]] monitoring is necessary to provide a firm result.<ref name=car>[http://www.springerlink.com/content/28108j67841u7452/ Clinical cues for detecting ictal asystole]</ref>
'''Ictal asystole''' is a rare occurence for patients that have temporal lobe epilepsy.


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Ictal asystole is a rare occurence for patients that have temporal lobe epilepsy.[1] It can often be identified by loss of muscle tone or the presence of bilateral asymmetric jerky limb movements during a seizure, although ECG monitoring is necessary to provide a firm result.[2]


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