Micturition and emotion-induced reflex epilepsy: Case report and review of the literature

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2180-2182

  Glass, Hannah C ^a   Prieur, Beverley ^a   Molnar, Christine ^b   Hamiwka, Lorie ^a   Wirrell, Elaine ^a  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICTURITION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; URINE CATHETER;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; RELIGION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; URINATION;

EID: 33845667989     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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