Ictal singing due to left frontal lobe epilepsy: A case report and review of the literature

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-406

  Enatsu, Rei ^a   Hantus, Stephen ^a   Gonzalez Martinez, Jorge ^a   So, Norman ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatisms; Epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Ictal singing; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DELTA RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICTAL SINGING; MALE; NOSE WIPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; SINGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPIKE WAVE; STRETCHING; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCALIZATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053386727     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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