Partial epilepsy manifesting atonic seizure: Report of two cases

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1425-1431

  Satow, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Akio ^a   Yamamoto, Junichi ^a   Takayama, Motohiro ^a   Matsuhashi, Masao ^a   Ohara, Shinji ^a   Matsumoto, Riki ^a   Begum, Tahamina ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Hashimoto, Nobuo ^a   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atonic seizure; Negative motor area; Partial epilepsy; Silent period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE TONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18744393080     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.34501.x     Document Type: Article

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