Louis François Bravais and Jacksonian epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Eadie, Mervyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bravais; Convulsion; Epilepsy; Jackson; Todd; Vesicatory; Wilks

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMIPARESIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JACKSONIAN EPILEPSY; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; EPILEPSY; FRANCE; HEMIPLEGIA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PARIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 76249130255     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02328.x     Document Type: Review

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