Temporal lobe seizures triggering recurrent syncope by ictal asystole

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 258-260

  Winesett, Parrish ^a   Feliciano, Carlos A ^a   Tatum IV, William O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac asystole; Complex partial seizures; Epilepsy; Syncope; Temporal lobe seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC AURA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATONIA; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC SEIZURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEIZURES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 58149154678     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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