Cardiac asystole during right frontal lobe seizures: A case report

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 340-343

  Mascia, A ^a   Quarato, P P ^a   Sparano, A ^a   Esposito, V ^a,b   Sebastiano, F ^a   Occhiogrosso, G ^b   Di Gennaro, G ^a  

^a IRRC Neuromed   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asystole; Bradycardia; ECG; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECORDING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 30744477726     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0496-4     Document Type: Article

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