Elementary visual hallucinations, blindness, and headache in idiopathic occipital epilepsy: Differentiation from migraine

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 536-540

  Panayiotopoulos, C P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elementary visual hallucinations; Ictal blindness; Migraine aura; Occipital seizures; Postictal headache

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0032969152     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.4.536     Document Type: Article

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