Eye closure sensitivity and epileptic syndromes: A retrospective study of 26 adult cases

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Sevgi, Eser Basak ^a   Saygi, Serap ^a   Ciger, Abdurrahman ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EEG; Epileptic syndromes; Eye closure sensitivity; Occipital lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BARBEXACLONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EYELID CLOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845483109     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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