Rhythmic ictal nonclonic hand (RINCH) motions: A distinct contralateral sign in temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2189-2192

  Lee, George R ^a   Arain, Amir ^a   Lim, Noel ^a   Lagrange, Andre ^a   Singh, Pradumna ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatisms; Dystonic posturing; Seizure semiology; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHMIC ICTAL NONCLONIC HAND MOTIONS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AUTOMATISM; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHILD; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33845622053     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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