Jeavons syndrome existing as occipital cortex initiating generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1273-1279

  Viravan, Sorawit ^a,b   Go, Cristina ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Carter Snead III, O ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Children; Eye closure induced seizure; Eyelid myoclonia with and without absences; Jeavons syndrome; Occipital spikes; Spiky posterior alpha activity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCLONUS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 79960022014     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03068.x     Document Type: Article

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