Tooth brushing-induced seizures: A case report

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 686-688

  Koutroumanidis, Michael ^a,b   Pearce, Ronald ^a   Sadoh, Danesi R ^a   Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Induced seizures; Nonlesional cortical hyperexcitability; Reflex epilepsy; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECURRENCE; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 0035013207     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.32700.x     Document Type: Article

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