Olfactory auras in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-260

  Chen, Chien ^a   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a   Yen, Der Jen ^a,b   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a   Guo, Yuh Cherng ^a   Yu, Hsiang Yu ^a   Yiu, Chun Hing ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aura; Olfactory aura; Olfactory hallucination; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEAR; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GUSTATORY HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SMELL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0037319023     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.25902.x     Document Type: Article

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