Factors contributing to clinical seizure lateralization in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-198

  Kang, Suk Yun ^a   Lee, Sang Ahm ^a,b   Soo, Bin Yim ^a   Young, Min Lim ^a   Joong, Koo Kang ^a   Jung, Kyo Lee ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ictal propagation pattern; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Scalp ictal EEGs; Seizure lateralization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 31744436068     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090708     Document Type: Review

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