Epilepsia partialis continua with dystonic hand movement in a patient with a malformation of cortical development

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1793-1796

  Zyss, Julie ^a   Xie Brustolin, Jing ^a   Ryvlin, Philippe ^a   Peysson, Stéphane ^a   Beschet, Albert ^b   Sappey Marinier, Dominique ^a   Hermier, Marc ^c   Thobois, Stéphane ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Epilepsia partialis continua; Malformations of cortical development

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TOPIRAMATE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DYSKINESIAS; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35348962565     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21489     Document Type: Article

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