Toothbrushing-induced epilepsy with structural lesions in the primary somatosensory area

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 769-771

  D'Souza, W J ^a,b   O'Brien, T J ^a   Murphy, M ^a   Trost, N M ^a   Cook, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPEECH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOOTH BRUSHING; CHILD; INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 33947519149     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000256375.39476.be     Document Type: Article

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