Secondarily generalized seizures in mesial temporal epilepsy: Clinical characteristics, lateralizing signs, and association with sleep-wake cycle

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1279-1287

  Jobst, C ^a,c   Williamson, Peter D ^b   Neuschwander, Timothy B ^a   Darcey, Terrance M ^b   Thadani, Vijay M ^a   Roberts, David W ^b  

^a Section of Neurology   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Lateralization; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Secondarily generalized seizures; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STEREOTYPY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP STAGES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEO RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035173837     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.09701.x     Document Type: Article

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