Language- and praxis-induced jerks in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-121

  Sousa, Patricia Da Silva ^a   Lin, Katia ^a   Garzon, Eliana ^a   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a   Yacubian, Elza Márcia T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Language and praxis induction; Neuropsychological EEG activation; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRAWING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SPEECH; VIDEORECORDING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOVEMENT; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20444505253     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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