Sign of the Cross (Signum Crucis): Observation of an uncommon ictal manifestation of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-403

  Lin, Katia ^a   Marx, Catherine ^a   Caboclo, Luis O S F ^a   Centeno, Ricardo S ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a   Yacubian, Elza M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hand automatism; Hippocampal sclerosis; Lateralizing signs; Religion; Sign of the Cross; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIGION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 59749091244     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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