Stuttering or reflex seizure? A case report

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-185

  Michel, Véronique ^a   Burbaud, Pierre ^a,b   Taillard, Jacques ^a   Gaida, Tsouria ^a   Joseph, Pierre Alain ^b   Duché, Bernard ^b   Bioulac, Bernard ^a  

^a Serv d'Explor Fonct Syst Nerveux   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Partial frontal seizures; Reflex epilepsy; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; STRESS; STUTTERING;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; READING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUTTERING;

EID: 7944224445     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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