Parkinsonism and Epilepsy: Case Report and Reappraisal of an Old Question

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-130

  Vercueil, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; temporal lobe epilepsy; parkinsonism; basal ganglia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012229919     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0044     Document Type: Article

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