Supernumerary phantom limb as a rare symptom of epileptic seizures-case report and literature review

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Millonig, Alban ^a   Bodner, Thomas ^a   Donnemiller, Eveline ^a   Wolf, Elisabeth ^a   Unterberger, Iris ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body schema; Corporal awareness; Epileptic seizure; Ictal SPECT; Parietal lobe epilepsy; Supernumerary phantom limb

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN TINGLING; SUPERNUMERARY PHANTOM LIMB;

AGED; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 79960916090     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03156.x     Document Type: Article

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