Acephalgic migraine or childhood occipital seizures?

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1479-

  Panayiotopoulos, C P ^a   Sharoqi, Ahmed I ^a   Agathonikou, A ^a  

^a Centre for Telecommunications Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NOTE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 0031278675     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.5.1479     Document Type: Letter

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