Orbitofrontal epilepsy: Electroclinical analysis of surgical cases and literature review

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-25

  Smith, Joseph R ^a   Sillay, Karl ^b   Winkler, Peter ^c   King, Don W ^a   Loring, David W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depth electrodes; Motor automatisms; Orbitofrontal epilepsy; Oroalimentary automatisms; Subdural electrodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR AUTOMATISM; ORBITAL CORTEX; ORBITOFRONTAL EPILEPSY; OROALIMENTARY AUTOMATISM; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 1542618239     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076656     Document Type: Review

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