Ictal headache: Headache as first ictal symptom in focal epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 790-792

  Dainese, Filippo ^a   Mai, Roberto ^b   Francione, Stefano ^b   Mainardi, Federico ^a   Zanchin, Giorgio ^c   Paladin, Francesco ^a  

^a Hospital of Venice   (Italy)

^b Epilepsy Surgery Centre C Munari   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cephalic pain; Epilepsy; Headache; Hemicrania epileptica; Ictal epileptic headache; Ictal headache; Ictal symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; SEIZURE;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 82955236110     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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