Hot water epilepsy with cerebral lesion: A report of five cases with cranial MRI findings

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 672-676

  Tezer, F Irsel ^a   Ertas, Nalan ^b   Yalcin, Destina ^c   Saygi, Serap ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bakirkoy Research Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases   (Turkey)

^c SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bathing epilepsy; Cerebral lesion; Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Hippocampal sclerosis; Hot water epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; HOT WATER; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFLEX EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATHS; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 33646077676     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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