Hot water epilepsy and focal malformation of the parietal cortex development

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 490-493

  Grosso, Salvatore ^a   Farnetani, Maria Angela ^a   Francione, Stefano ^b   Galluzzi, Paolo ^c   Vatti, Giampaolo ^a   Cordelli, Duccio Maria ^a   Morgese, Guido ^a   Balestri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Epilepsy Surgery Centre C Munari   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bathing epilepsy; Cortical dysplasia; Hot water epilepsy; Malformation of the cortical development; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; BATH; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SENSORY CORTEX; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444370857     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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