Thalamic lesion and epilepsy with generalized seizures, ESES and spike-wave paroxysms-Report of three cases

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 454-458

  Kelemen, Anna ^a   Barsi, Péter ^a   Gyorsok, Zsuzsanna ^b   Sarac, Judit ^c   Szucs, Anna ^a   Halász, Péter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^c HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrical status epilepticus in slow wave sleep (ESES); Epilepsy; Generalized spike wave pattern (GSW); Thalamic lesion

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 33746921254     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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