Recurrent abdominal pain: When an epileptic seizure should be suspected?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 3 A, 2002, Pages 628-630

  Franzon, Renata C ^a   Lopes, Camila F ^a   Schmutzler, Kátia M R ^a   Morais, Maria Isabel R ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Basilar migraine; Partial seizures; Symptomatic epilepsy; Temporal lobe tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNDROME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036725655     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2002000400021     Document Type: Article

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