Seizure-free after surgery in a patient with non-lesional startle epilepsy: A case report

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 700-703

  Sun, Yan Ping ^a,b   Zhu, Hong Wei ^a   Zhang, Shou Wen ^c   Huang, Zhao Yang ^a   Li, Li Ping ^a   Qiao, Liang ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Wang, Yu Ping ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Jiangong Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocorticograph; Startle epilepsy; Supplementary sensorimotor area

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPEECH DISORDER; STARTLE EPILEPSY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84871720448     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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