Unilateral blinking: A lateralizing sign in partial seizures

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-48

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a,b   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Klem, George H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029934613     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.45     Document Type: Article

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