Is the left cerebral hemisphere more prone to epileptogenesis than the right?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 137-141

  Holmes, M D ^a   Dodrill, C B ^a   Kutsy, R L ^a   Ojemann, G A ^a   Miller, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral lateralization; EEG; Epilepsy; Neuropsychology; Seizure focus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK FACTOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0034780851     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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