Ictal vomiting in partial seizures of temporal lobe origin

European Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-239

  Chen, Chien ^a   Yen, Der Jen ^a   Yiu, Chun Hing ^a   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a   Yu, Hsiang Yu ^a   Su, Ming Shung ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Ictal vomiting; Ictus emeticus; Partial seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0032726577     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008114     Document Type: Article

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