Unilateral autoscopic phenomena as a lateralizing sign in focal epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-363

  Hoepner, Robert ^a   Labudda, Kirsten ^a,b   Hoppe, Matthias ^a   Schoendienst, Martin ^a   Schulz, Reinhard ^a   Tomka Hoffmeister, Maria ^a   Woermann, Friedrich G ^a   Ebner, Alois ^a   Bien, Christian G ^a   Brandt, Christian ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoscopy; Epilepsy; Heautoscopy; Lateralizing sign; Near death experience; Out of body experience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRUCELLOSIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; MICROGYRIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNILATERAL AUTOSCOPIC PHENOMENON;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858289497     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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