Post-ictal forceful yawning in a patient with nondominant hemisphere epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-69

  Yankovsky, Alexei E ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Dubeau, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic seizures; Epilepsy; Post ictal phenomene; Yawning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; YAWNING;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING; YAWNING;

EID: 33645753711     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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