Benign idiopathic occipital epilepsy: Report of a case of the early benign type

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-59

  Thomas, Pierre ^a   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^b   Aicardi, Jean ^b  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Gastaut type; Idiopathic epilepsies; Occipital epilepsy; Partial epilepsies; Visual seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN IDIOPATHIC OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOMITING;

EID: 0038612976     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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