Parasomnias versus epilepsy: Common grounds and a need to change the approach to the problem [5]

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1033-1034

  Tinuper, Paolo ^a   Bisulli, Francesca ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Vignatelli, Luca ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Lugaresi, Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; CHOREA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LETTER; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34248588221     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01009_5.x     Document Type: Letter

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