Complex partial seizure provocation by vasovagal syncope: Video-EEG and intracranial electrode documentation

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-121

  Bergey, Gregory K ^a,b   Krumholz, Allan ^a,b   Pam Fleming, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizure; Syncope; Vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031033639     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01086.x     Document Type: Article

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