Sexual auras: Predominance of epileptic activity within the mesial temporal lobe

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-127

  Aull Watschinger, Susanne ^a   Pataraia, Ekaterina ^a   Baumgartner, Christoph ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Localizing and lateralizing value; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; Sexual aura; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; SEXUAL AROUSAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WADA TEST;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 37049015860     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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