Occipital epilepsies: Identification of specific and newly recognized syndromes

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 753-769

  Taylor, Isabella ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a,b,c   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Heterotopia; Occipital epilepsy; Polymicrogyria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MICROGYRIA; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HALLUCINATION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SYNDROME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037378780     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg080     Document Type: Review

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