Historical perspectives and definitions of the postictal state

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-99

  Widdess Walsh, P ^a,b   Devinsky, O ^a,b  

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

^b Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery at St Barnabas   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hemiplegia; Mania; Paralysis; Postictal; Psychosis; Todd

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PARALYSIS; POSTICTAL STATE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

APHASIA; COGNITION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 77957357249     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.037     Document Type: Review

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