Visual-sensitive epilepsies: Classification and review

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-305

  Seshia, Shashi S ^a   Carmant, Lionel ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TELEVISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 24144447656     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100004169     Document Type: Review

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