Unilateral thalamic lesions and generalized or lateralized spike wave discharges

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 228-231

  Tezer, F Irsel ^a   Saygi, Serap ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cortex; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Spike wave discharges; Thalamic lesion; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; HEPARIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONVULSION; DIABETIC FOOT; DYSPHASIA; ECLAMPSIA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALAMUS;

EID: 70349482320     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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