Seizure semiology: Value in identifying seizure origin

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Jan, Mohammed M S ^a,b   Girvin, John P ^b  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 42049123863     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100007526     Document Type: Review

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