Quantitative analysis of motor performance in epilepsy patients treated with valproate

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-177

  Farkas, Zsuzsanna ^a   Gulyás, Szilvia ^a   Molnár, Rita ^a   Szirmai, Imre ^a   Kamondi, Anita ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Finger tapping; Repetitive hand movements; Tremor; Valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; REACTION TIME; TREMOR; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77649186564     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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