Paroxysmal eyelid movements: A confusing feature of generalized photosensitive epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-42

  Camfield, Camfield ^a,e   Camfield, P R ^a   Sadler, M ^a   Rahey, S ^a   Farrell, K ^b   Chayasirisobbon, S ^c   Scheffer, I ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 3242739198     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000131909.74506.5F     Document Type: Article

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