Can protrusion of the tongue stop seizures in Rolandic Epilepsy?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 217-220

  Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^a,c   Beccaria, F ^b   Gatti, A ^a   Papalia, G ^a   Resi, C ^a   Lanzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rolandic epilepsy; Seizure inhibition; Tactile stimulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HABIT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TONGUE;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TONGUE; TONGUE HABITS;

EID: 0033291950     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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