Occipital lobe seizures and epilepsies

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 397-407

  Adcock, Jane E ^a   Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Idiopathic occipital lobe epilepsies; Occipital paroxysms; Occipital spikes; Photoparoxysmal responses

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERIODICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867013602     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826c98fe     Document Type: Review

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