Fear as the main feature of epileptic seizures

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-191

  Biraben, A ^a   Taussig, D ^a   Thomas, P ^b   Even, C ^c   Vignal, J P ^a   Scarabin, J M ^b   Chauvel, P ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Fear; Frontal lobe epilepsies; Partial seizures; Temporal lobe epilepsies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035140862     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.2.186     Document Type: Article

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