Nonconvulsive status epilepticus with an unusual EEG: A fresh look at lateralities of motor control and awareness

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 204-210

  Derakhshan, Iraj ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Brainedness; EEG; Epilepsy; Executive hemisphere; Laterality; Major hemisphere; Minor hemisphere; Neural handedness; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGED; AWARENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 33745865500     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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