Magnetoencephalographic analysis of rolandic discharges in a patient with rolandic epilepsy associated with oromotor deficits

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 456-459

  Kubota, Masaya ^a,b   Takeshita, Kazuhide ^a   Saitoh, Makiko ^a   Hirose, Hiroyuki ^a   Kimura, Ikumi ^a   Sakakihara, Yoichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Hachioji Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4544251806     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380401900612     Document Type: Article

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