Localization of pediatric seizure semiology

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1924-1928

  Vendrame, Martina ^a   Zarowski, Marcin ^a,b   Alexopoulos, Andreas V ^c   Wyllie, Elaine ^c   Kothare, Sanjeev V ^a   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG monitoring; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy surgery; Epileptogenic zone; Ictal zone; Seizure semiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; AUTOMATISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLONIC SEIZURE; DYSCOGNITIVE SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERMOTOR SEIZURE; HYPOMOTOR SEIZURE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTILOBAR EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VERSIVE SEIZURE; VIDEO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM MONITORING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052402015     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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