Expanding Spectrum of Paroxysmal Events in Children: Potential Mimickers of Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 309-316

  Obeid, Makram ^a   Mikati, Mohamad A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGER; APNEA; APRAXIA; AROUSAL; ATAXIA; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BATH; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BODY POSTURE; BREATH HOLDING; CATAPLEXY; CHOREOATHETOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROP ATTACK; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GAZE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; INJURY; LIMB MOVEMENT; LONG QT SYNDROME; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRAINE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NARCOLEPSY; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROLOGY; OPSOCLONUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDING; SWALLOWING; SYNCOPE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TIC; TORTICOLLIS; VOMITING;

EID: 35348829983     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.08.002     Document Type: Review

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