Reading epilepsy from the dominant temporo-occipital region

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 710-715

  Gavaret, Martine ^a,b   Guedj, Eric ^a,b   Koessler, Laurent ^c,d   Fonseca, Agnès Trébuchon Da ^a,b   Aubert, Sandrine ^a,b   Mundler, Olivier ^a,b   Chauvel, Patrick ^a,b   Bartolomei, Fabrice ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAMOTRIGINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; CYSTEINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M BICISATE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; READING EPILEPSY; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SCALP; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCINTISCANNING; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; CYSTEINE; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77954681098     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.175935     Document Type: Article

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