Surgical outcome of gelastic epilepsy of frontal lobe origin: A case report

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-356

  Hu, Wen Han ^a,b   Zhang, Kai ^a   Shao, Xiao Qiu ^a   Li, Da ^a   Bai, Qin ^b   Qiao, Hui ^b   Meng, Fan Gang ^b   Zhang, Jian Guo ^a,b,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FCD; Frontal lobe; Gelastic epilepsy; Ictal laughter; MEG

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954425191     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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