Epileptic seizures in neurofibromatosis type 1 are related to intracranial tumors but not to neurofibromatosis bright objects

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 606-611

  Hsieh, Hsiang Yao ^a   Fung, Hon Chung ^a   Wang, Chao Jan ^a   Chin, Shy Chyi ^a   Wu, Tony ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; NBOs; Neurofibromatosis bright objects; Neurofibromatosis type 1; NF1; Seizure; UBOs; Unidentified bright objects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955180174     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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