Focal reading epilepsy-a rare variant of reading epilepsy: A case report

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2352-2356

  Osei Lah, Abena D ^a,b   Casadei, Angela ^b,c   Richardson, Mark P ^d   Alarcon, Gonzalo ^c,d  

^a POOLE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Paroxysmal dyslexia; Reading epilepsy; Reflex epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOCAL READING EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NIGHT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPIKE WAVE; STROBOSCOPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 78349263494     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02752.x     Document Type: Article

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