Psychomotor seizures presenting with hypnagogic visual hallucinations

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 640-642

  Harvey, C A ^a,b   Barnes, T R E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0029907259     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608901112     Document Type: Article

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