Adolescent onset of idiopathic photosensitive occipital epilepsy after remission of benign rolandic epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 777-781

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a   Bonanni, Paolo ^a   Parmeggiani, Lucio ^a   Belmonte, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Idiopathic epilepsy; Occipital seizures; Photosensitivity; Rolandic seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SLEEP; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0030795443     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01464.x     Document Type: Article

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