Atonic epileptic drop attacks associated with generalized spike-and- slow wave complexes: Video-polygraphic study in two patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 813-818

  Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Uehara, Takashi ^a   Imai, Kaoru ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atonic epileptic drop attack; Generalized spike and wave complex; Myoclonic astatic seizures; Simultaneous video EEG analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MUSCLE ATONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VIDEORECORDING;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030806954     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01468.x     Document Type: Article

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