False lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy by noninvasive neurophysiological examinations - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 518-521

  Fujimoto, Ayataka ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Homma, Jumpei ^a   Sasagawa, Mutsuo ^a   Kameyama, Shigeki ^a  

^a NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; False lateralization; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Neurophysiological test; Subdural electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

BEMEGRIDE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; IODINE 125; IOMAZENIL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750503625     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.518     Document Type: Article

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