Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: Electroclinical picture

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 964-976

  Oldani, Alessandro ^a,b   Zucconi, Marco ^a   Ferini Strambi, Luigi ^a   Bizzozero, Daniele ^a   Smirne, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADNFLE; Arousals; Parasomnias; Pseudoseizures; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PEDIGREE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0029788681     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00534.x     Document Type: Article

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