Slow-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with focal cortical dysplasia

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 240-242

  Menkes, Daniel L ^a   Gruenthal, Michael ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysplasia; Epilepsy; Magnetic; Stimulation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0033951555     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00146.x     Document Type: Article

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