Transcranial magnetic stimulation in benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-137

  Nezu, Atsuo ^a   Kimura, Seiji ^a   Ohtsuki, Noriyuki ^a   Tanaka, Miyabi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign childhood epilepsy with centro temporal spikes (BECT); Motor cortical excitability; Sodium valproate; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0030987063     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(96)00497-4     Document Type: Article

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