Frontal lobe seizures

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Bagla, Ritu ^a   Skidmore, Christopher T ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

epilepsy; extratemporal; frontal lobe; seizures

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYMPTOM;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955631184     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31821733db     Document Type: Review

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