Ictal grasping: Prevalence and characteristics in seizures with different semiology

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages 59-63

  Gardella, Elena ^a,b   Rubboli, Guido ^a   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe seizures; Grasping; Ictal semiology; Temporal lobe seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; ICTAL GRASPING; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33845485559     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00879.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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