Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: A clinical and polygraphic overview of 100 consecutive cases

Brain

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1017-1031

  Provini, Federica ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a   Vandi, Stefano ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epileptic nocturnal wanderings; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia; Parasomnias; Paroxysmal arousal

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032736665     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/122.6.1017     Document Type: Article

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