An analysis of clinical seizure patterns and their localizing value in frontal and temporal lobe epilepsies

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-40

  Manford, M ^a   Fish, D R ^b   Shorvon, S D ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Lesion; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0029918257     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.1.17     Document Type: Article

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