Migraine-like Symptoms Triggered by Occipital Lobe Seizures: Response to Sumatriptan

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-153

  Ogunyemi, Abayomi ^a,c   Adams, Dermot ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Western Memorial Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^c Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUMATRIPTAN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SUMATRIPTAN;

EID: 0031596865     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100033771     Document Type: Article

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