Eleven cases of primary @entity5516 are reported. They confirm Bickford's description. These @entity1 were otherwise normal. A family history of @entity410 was present in 6 cases. The first @entity410 occurred between 12 and 25 years. After a variable period of reading all @entity1 developed a tightness and jerking in throat and jaw muscles. In 4 cases, occasionally, speaking could cause jaw or throat jerks. Whilst reading out loud or silently (exclusively in reading aloud in 1 @entity1 ) bilateral discharges were recorded in EEG, sometimes on the left hemisphere. The mechanisms are discussed. @entity410 in primary @entity5516 are facilitated by saccadic eye movements, impulse language muscles and mental concentration. The role of higher integrating systems of language is emphasized. Therapy is discussed.

[Primary XXXX . 11 cases].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'Seizures', 'seizures'] @entity5516 :: ('MESH:D020195', 'Disease') :: ['reading epilepsy']
@entity5516 :: (MESH:D020195,Disease) :: ['reading epilepsy']
