Seizures and the basal ganglia: A review of the clinical data

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages

  Vercueil, Laurent ^a   Hirsch, Edouard ^b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dystonic posturing; Epilepsy; Hypermotor seizures; Ictal phenomenology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATISM; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0036921130     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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