Epileptic negative drop attacks in atypical benign partial epilepsy: A neurophysiological study

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Hirano, Yoshiko ^a   Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical benign partial epilepsy; Drop attacks; Epileptic negative myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DROP ATTACK; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIDEORECORDING;

ARM; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; SYNCOPE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 65349127545     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0243     Document Type: Article

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