Low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation for epilepsia partialis continua due to cortical dysplasia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-39

  Misawa, Sonoko ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a   Shibuya, Kazumoto ^a   Mamada, Kenji ^b   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Cortical excitability; Epilepsia partialis continua; Focal epilepsy; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LEG; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344452366     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.03.035     Document Type: Article

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