Is ictal dystonia associated with an inhibitory effect on seizure propagation in focal epilepsies?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-280

  Feddersen, Berend ^a,b   Remi, Jan ^a   Kilian, Margret ^a   Vercueil, Laurent ^b   Deransart, Colin ^b   Depaulis, Antoine ^b   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Epilepsy semiology; Ictal dystonia; Ictal version; Secondary generalization; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860478146     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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