Frontal Localization of Absence Seizures Demonstrated by Ictal Positron Emission Tomography

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-60

  Millan, Ernesto ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a   Delbeke, Dominique ^a   Konrad, Peter ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; atypical absence; frontal lobe seizures; secondary bilateral synchrony; positron emission tomography; electroencephalography video monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039191521     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0147     Document Type: Article

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