Migraine attack triggering a generalised seizure: Is this a case of migralepsy or ictal epileptic headache?

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 957-959

  Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Sturniolo, Miriam ^c   Pucci, Franco ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a   Gambardella, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia 'Magna Grcia di Catanzaro   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Migraine with aura; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ICTAL EPILEPTIC HEADACHE; IDIOPATHIC BILATERAL FACIAL PALSY; LETTER; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863987584     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0850-7     Document Type: Letter

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