Hot water epilepsy: Clinical and electroencephalographic features of 25 cases

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Yalçin, A Destina ^a   Toydemir, Hülya Ertaşoǧlu ^a   Forta, Hulki ^a  

^a Sisli Etfal Research and Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Hot water epilepsy; Reflex seizures; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; HOT WATER; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SOAP; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATH; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; REFLEX EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BATHS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SELF STIMULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 33745866911     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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