Partial epilepsy presenting as episodic dyspnea: A specific network involved in limbic seizure propagation - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 565-567

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   DiLuna, Michael L ^a   Spencer, Dennis D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Hypoxemia; Limbic system; Oxygen desaturation; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 1442331453     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.3.0565     Document Type: Article

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