Insular epilepsy: Similarities to temporal lobe epilepsy - Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-128

  Cukiert, Arthur ^a   Forster, Cassio ^a   Amdrioli, Mario S D ^a   Frayman, Leila ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Electrocorticography; Epilepsy; Insula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032015559     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1998000100022     Document Type: Article

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