Pharyngeal dysesthesia as an aura in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 911-913

  Carmant, L ^a,c   Carrazana, E ^a   Kramer, U ^a   Helmers, S L ^a   Holmes, G L ^a   Black, P McL ^b   Mikati, M A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aura; Dysesthesia; Epilepsy; Pharyngeal; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029841166     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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