Reflex epilepsy from hot water: A new case and review of the literature;Epilepsia refleja por agua caliente: Un nuevo caso y revisión de la bibliografía

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-353

  Argumosa, A ^a   Herranz, José Luis ^a   Barrasa, J ^a   Arteaga, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hot water epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PALLOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX EPILEPSY; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SENSORY STIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; HEAT; IMMERSION; REVIEW;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMERSION; VALPROIC ACID; WATER;

EID: 1842865396     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3504.2002134     Document Type: Article

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