Temporal lobe epilepsy: Clinical semiology and age at onset

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-90

  Villanueva, Vicente ^a   Serratosa, José Maria ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Evolution of semiology; Semiology; Temporal epilepsy; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BLINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20444432774     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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