Frontal lobe epilepsy presented as ictal aggression

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-51

  Sumer, M M ^a   Atik, L ^a   Unal, A ^a   Emre, U ^a   Atasoy, H T ^a  

^a Mesa Hospital Cankaya   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe; Ictal aggression; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33947659992     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-007-0749-5     Document Type: Article

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