Tooth-brushing epilepsy with ictal orgasms

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-182

  Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Lin, Tsu Kung ^a   Lui, Chun Chun ^a   Chen, Shang Der ^a   Chang, Chen Sheng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Orgasm; Reflex epilepsy; Right temporolimbic structure; Tooth brushing epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

EID: 1642524522     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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