Occipital seizures imitating migraine aura

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 255-257

  Panayiotopoulos, C P ^a   Ahmed Sharoqi, I ^a   Agathonikou, A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 8244259925     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689709000506     Document Type: Article

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