Pathways of seizure propagation from the temporal to the occipital lobe

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 266-270

  Jacobs, Julia ^a   Dubeau, François ^a   Olivier, André ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intracranial EEG; Occipital lobe epilepsy; Seizure propagation; Seizure spread; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FATIGUE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTOMA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 57049137271     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0217     Document Type: Article

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