Problems of diagnosis and treatment in frontal epilepsies;Problemas diagnósticos y tratamiento de las epilepsias frontales

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Forcadas Berdusan M I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Epileptic pseudo seizure; Frontal lobe; Frontal seizure; Magnetic resonance; Treatment; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036763716     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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