Prosopagnosia following nonconvulsive status epilepticus associated with a left fusiform gyrus malformation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Wright, Helen ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna ^b   Young, Andrew W ^c   Zeman, Adam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Face recognition; Fusiform gyrus; Mirror focus; Neuropsychological deficit; Prosopagnosia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERCEPTION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SUBICULUM; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSOPAGNOSIA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33745861667     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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