Association of ipsilateral motor automatisms and contralateral dystonic posturing: A clinical feature differentiating medial from neocortical temporal lobe epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 927-932

  Dupont, Sophie ^a   Semah, Franck ^a,d   Boon, Paul ^b   Saint Hilaire, Jean Marc ^c   Adam, Claude ^a   Broglin, Dominique ^a   Baulac, Michel ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; AUTOMATISM; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032817664     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.8.927     Document Type: Article

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