"Hot-water epilepsy", "warm-water epilepsy", or bathing epilepsy? Report of three cases and considerations regarding an old theme

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 2 B, 2005, Pages 399-401

  Kowacs, Pedro A ^a,c   Marchioro, Ivo J M ^b   Da Silva Jr , Erasmo B ^a   Blattes Da Rocha, Samanta F ^a   Simão, Cristiane A ^a   Meneses, Murilo S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGIA DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^b Neurology Division   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy generalized; Epilepsy localized; Hot water epilepsy; Seizures reflex

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; HOT WATER; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; SEIZURE; SKIN STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VOMITING;

EID: 21744438130     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2005000300006     Document Type: Article

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