The generalized tonic-clonic seizure in partial versus generalized epilepsy: Semiologic differences

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1664-1666

  Niaz, Faiz E ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a   Fakhoury, Toufic ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Ictal semiology; Secondarily generalized seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032752298     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02055.x     Document Type: Article

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