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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · International Journal of Epilepsy 2018; 05(01): 057-060
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1669493
Multiple Choice Questions
Indian Epilepsy Society

Multiple Choice Questions

Deepak Menon
1   Certified specialist in Sleep Medicine, Epileptologist, Consultant Neurologist, Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum, India
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Sanjeev V. Thomas
2   Professor of Neurology and Head, R Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India
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25 September 2018 (online)

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  1. Genetic mutation which is NOT characteristically associated with Dravet syndrome is

    • A) SCN2A

    • B) SCN 1B

    • C) CACNA 1H

    • D) GABARG2

  2. All are true facts about Ring 20 chromosome syndrome except

    • A) NCSE of frontotemporal origin

    • B) Microcephaly is usual accompaniment

    • C) Nocturnal CSWS pattern is not a point of exclusion

    • D) Profound intellectual dysfunction can occur

  3. Absence seizures are seen in what percentage of JME

    • A) 5%

    • B) 10%

    • C) 30%

    • D) 50%

  4. Mechanism of action of Perampanel is through

    • A) Potassium channel blocking

    • B) Prolonging sodium channel inactivation

    • C) AMPA receptor facilitation

    • D) AMPA receptor blocking

  5. Which among the following differentiates nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy from parasomnias?

    • A) Coherent speech with no recall

    • B) Five or more events in a single night

    • C) Duration of more than 10 minutes

    • D) Wandering outside room

  6. All are true about autosomal dominant temporal lobe epilepsy with auditory features except

    • A) Classically associated with lateral temporal atrophy

    • B) LGI1 gene mutation is the commonest

    • C) Commonly simple unformed auditory aura

    • D) Starts in adolescence or early adulthood

  7. Which of the following conditions typically has eye closure sensitivity?

    • A) Dravet syndrome

    • B) Doose syndrome

    • C) Benign Rolandic epilepsy

    • D) Juvenile absence epilepsy

  8. Correct statement about high frequency oscillations (HFO) is

    • A) They can be recorded by normal surface electrodes

    • B) They refer to excitatory field potentials in normal hippocampus

    • C) They have high specificity for seizure onset zone

    • D) They have no relevance to epilepsy surgery

  9. Rufinamide has been approved for clinical use in

    • A) Ohtahara syndrome

    • B) West syndrome

    • C) Migrating partial epilepsy of infancy

    • D) Lennox–Gastaut syndrome

  10. The most commonly encountered benign epileptiform variant is

    • A) Benign sporadic sleep spikes

    • B) Phantom spikes

    • C) Rhythmic midtemporal theta bursts of drowsiness

    • D) Wicket waves