Frontal lobe nonconvulsive status epilepticus: A case of epileptic stuttering, aphemia, and aphasia-not a sign of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Kaplan, Peter W ^a   Stagg, Ryan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Frontal lobe status epilepticus; Language; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Seizures; Speech; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE COMPLEX NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; SEIZURE; STUTTERING;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 79958706110     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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