Alien hand syndrome after epilepsia partialis continua: FDG PET and MRI studies

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-73

  Kim, Hye Yun ^a   Kim, Jee Young ^a   Kim, Go un ^a   Han, Hyun Jeong ^a   Shin, Dong Ick ^b  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome; Epilepsia partialis continua; Seizure

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR DIASCHISIS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84855881197     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.08.043     Document Type: Article

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