Ictal urinary urge: Further evidence for lateralization to the nondominant hemisphere

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-126

  Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a   Foldvary, Nancy ^a   Raja, Shanker ^a   Neme, Silvia ^a   Lüders, Hans O ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ictal urinary urge; Lateralizing sign; Nondominant; Temporal

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; UNITED STATES; URINARY URGENCY; WADA TEST;

ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; AWARENESS; CHILD; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; URINATION; URODYNAMICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0037665960     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.26202.x     Document Type: Article

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