Toothbrush-thinking seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1971-1973

  Navarro, Vincent ^a   Adam, Claude ^a   Petitmengin, Claire ^a   Baulac, Michel ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Partial epilepsy; Reflex seizure; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Toothbrushing

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREGABALIN; TOOTHPASTE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; REFLEX; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTHBRUSH; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THINKING; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33750899497     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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