Reading epilepsy: Report of five new cases and further considerations on the pathophysiology

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-279

  Wolf, P ^a   Mayer, Th ^a   Reker, M ^b  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b Klinik Gilead IV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nosology; Pathophysiology; Reading epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; READING; READING EPILEPSY; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SPIKE WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0031663885     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80018-6     Document Type: Article

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