Hemifacial spasm or subcortical epilepsy?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-125

  Arzimanoglou, Alexis A ^a   Salefranque, Françoise ^b   Goutières, Françoise ^b   Aicardi, Jean ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Goldenhar's syndrome; Hemifacial spasm; Myorhythmias; Subcortical epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HAMARTOMA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HAMARTOMA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS;

EID: 0033139802     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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