A patient with a 44-year history of epilepsia partialis continua caused by a perirolandic cortical dysplasia

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-97

  Nakken, Karl O ^a   Server, Andrés ^b   Kostov, Hrisimir ^a   Haakonsen, Monika ^b  

^a National Center for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsia partialis continua; Focal cortical dysplasia; Kojevnikov's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINE; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPIKE WAVE; TELEMETRY;

ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; CREATINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 12144261106     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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