Cryptogenic gelastic epilepsy of frontal lobe origin: A paediatric case report

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-300

  Garciía, Antonio ^a   Gutiérrez, María A ^a   Barrasa, Javier ^a   Herranz, José L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory EEG; Child; Cryptogenic epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Gelastic seizure

Indexed keywords

VIGABATRIN;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 18844482625     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2000.0411     Document Type: Article

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