Pure photosensitive ictus emeticus

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-50

  Thomas, Pierre ^a   Zifkin, Benjamin G ^b  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ictus emeticus; Mesial temporal epilepsy; Photosensitive epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOMITING;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOMITING;

EID: 0033085965     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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