Is nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia a form of frontal lobe epilepsy?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 38-42

  Meierkord, H ^a   Fish, D R ^a   Smith, S J M ^a   Scott, C A ^a   Shorvon, S D ^a   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe seizures; Nocturnal epileptic attacks; Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; SEIZURE; SLEEP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; SLEEP STAGES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TELEMETRY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0026543705     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870070107     Document Type: Article

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