Parietal lobe epilepsy: The great imitator among focal epilepsies

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-31

  Ristić, Aleksandar J ^a,b   Alexopoulos, Andreas V ^a   So, Norman ^a   Wong, Chong ^a,c   Najm, Imad M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Epilepsy Center   (Serbia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe epilepsy; Ictal EEG; Interictal EEG; Mislocalization; Parietal lobe epilepsy; Semiology; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84859474651     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0484     Document Type: Article

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