Paroxysmal arousal in epilepsy associated with cingulate hyperperfusion

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 356-358

  Vetrugno, R ^a   Mascalchi, M ^b   Vella, A ^c   Della Nave, R ^b   Provini, F ^a   Plazzi, G ^a   Volterrani, D ^d   Bertelli, P ^c   Vattimo, A ^c   Lugaresi, E ^a   Montagna, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 19944432225     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000149530.07703.FA     Document Type: Article

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