Self-induced stretch syncope of adolescence: A video-EEG documentation

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-417

  Mazzuca, Michel ^a   Thomas, Pierre ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^c PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy misdiagnosis; Stretch syncope self induced; Syncope; Valsalva manoeuvre; Vertebro basilar system

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SYNCOPE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 38349139458     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0133     Document Type: Article

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