Tongue biting as a lateralizing sign in partial epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-176

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lateralization; Partial epilepsy; Tongue biting; Tongue laceration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE;

EID: 0029995735     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(96)80032-X     Document Type: Article

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