Heart rate analysis differentiates dialeptic complex partial temporal lobe seizures from auras and non-epileptic seizures

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 A, 2007, Pages 565-568

  De Oliveira, Gisele R ^a,b   Gondim, Francisco De A A ^a,b   Hogan, R Edward ^a,c   Rola, Francisco H ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialeptic seizures; Epileptic auras; Heart rate; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 34548830697     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000400003     Document Type: Article

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