Symptomatic occipital epilepsy misdiagnosed as migraine

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-289

  Menon, Bindu ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Migraine; Occipital epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUNARIZINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846945059     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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