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Preictal vs Interictal - What's the difference?

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Interictal is a related term of preictal.



As adjectives the difference between preictal and interictal

is that preictal is before an ictal attack while interictal is between epileptic seizures.

preictal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Before an ictal attack.
  • interictal

    English

    (Ictal)

    Alternative forms

    * inter-ictal

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Between epileptic seizures.
  • * 2009 , François Manguière, Isabelle Merlet, Julien Jung, 66: Experimental Neurophysiological Techniques'', Simon D. Shorvon, Emilio Perucca, Jerome Engel, Jr. (editors), ''The Treatment of Epilepsy , page 839,
  • Considering these data, the spatial relationships between lesions and the localization of interictal spikes can vary and seem to depend on the lesion type.
  • * 2012', José L. Fernández-Torre, ''101: '''Interictal EEG'', C. P. Panayiotopoulos, S.R. Benbadis, R.G. Beran, A.T. Berg, J. Engel, Jr., A.S. Galanopoulou (editors), ''Atlas of Epilepsies , Volume 3, page 701,
  • The diagnosis of epilepsy is primarily clinical; however, routine interictal EEG plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of patients with this paroxysmal neurological disorder (Binnie and Stefan 1999; Pillai and Sperling 2006).
  • * 2012 , Daniel C. Potts, James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, Chapter 30: Sleep Disorders and Degenerative Neurologic Disorders'', Paul R. Carney, Richard B. Berry, James D. Geyer (editors), ''Clinical Sleep Disorders , page 400,
  • This sleep disruption may, in part, be related to the interictal' discharge. The ' interictal discharge is the electrical signature typically associated with epilepsy between seizures.
  • * 2012 , Margitta Seeck, Donald L. Schomer, Ernst Nidermeyer, Chapter 33: Intercranial Monitoring: Depth, Subdural, and Foramen Ovale Electrodes'', Donald L. Schomer, Fernando Lopes da Silva (editors), ''Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography , page 677,
  • This may be the reason why most authorities in the field recommend relying mainly on the ictal data, and less on the interictal EEG.

    Derived terms

    * interictal discharge * interictal spike