The occurrence and characteristics of auras in a large epilepsy cohort

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Nakken, K O ^a   Solaas, M H ^b   Kjeldsen, M J ^c   Friis, M L ^c   Pellock, J M ^d   Corey, L A ^e  

^a National Centre for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aura; Epilepsy; Population; Simple partial seizure; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SEIZURES; TWINS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449083257     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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