Coexistence of epileptic nocturnal wanderings and an arachnoid cyst

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-401

  Jiménez Genchi, Alejandro ^a   Díaz Galviz, John L ^a   García Reyna, Juan Carlos ^a   Ávila Ordoñez, Mario U ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Episodic nocturnal wanderings; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; TECHNETIUM 99M; VALPROATE MAGNESIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP WALKING; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 34250898047     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.26863     Document Type: Article

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