Gelastic epilepsy and dysprosodia in a case of late-onset right frontal seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 360-365

  Cercy, Steven P ^a,b   Kuluva, Joshua E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Cognition disorders; Frontal lobe; Gelastic seizures; Neuropsychology; Speech disorders

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPERSONALIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPROSODIA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FRONTAL LOBE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENESCENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349843279     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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