Level and contents of consciousness in connection with partial epileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-285

  Johanson, Mirja ^a   Revonsuo, Antti ^b   Chaplin, John ^a   Wedlund, Jan Eric ^a  

^a Stora Skondal Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention; Classification; Complex partial seizures; Consciousness; Epilepsy; Neuropsychological assessment; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIENCE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141503503     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00106-9     Document Type: Article

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