Postictal autoscopy in a patient with partial epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-540

  Tadokoro, Yukari ^a   Oshima, Tomohiro ^a   Kanemoto, Kousuke ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoscopy; Epilepsy; Hallucination; Postictal; Release phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTICTAL AUTOSCOPY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

ADULT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33750315399     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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