Transient MRI Abnormalities in a Case of Occipital Lobe Epilepsy with Favorable Outcome

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-222

  Barba, C ^a   Della Marca, G ^b   Colosimo, C ^b,c   Silvestri, G ^b   Mazza, S ^b   Tonali, P ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; MRI; Occipital Lobe Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747174065     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940603700311     Document Type: Article

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