Symptomatic complex partial status epilepticus manifesting as utilization behavior of a mobile phone

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 553-555

  Carota, Antonio ^a,b   Novy, Jan ^a,b   Rossetti, Andrea O ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Clinica Hildebrand   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Utilization behavior

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; UTILIZATION BEHAVIOR;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63249123200     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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