Weakness and focal sensory deficits in the postictal state

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-139

  Werhahn, Konrad J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Inhibition; Motor cortex; Todd's paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXHAUSTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTICTAL PARESIS; POSTICTAL STATE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WEAKNESS;

BRAIN; HUMANS; PARALYSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 77957361043     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.029     Document Type: Review

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