Lateralizing value of asymmetric tonic limb posturing observed in secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-462

  Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Bleasel, Andrew ^a   Geller, Eric ^a   Kankirawatana, Pongkiat ^a   Moorjani, Bhagwan I ^a   Rybicki, Lisa ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric limb posturing; Figure 4; Generalized tonic clonic seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELBOW; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

EID: 0034042107     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00189.x     Document Type: Article

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