Pure epileptic headache and related manifestations: A video-EEG report and discussion of terminology

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-92

  Cianchetti, Carlo ^a   Pruna, Dario ^a   Porcu, Lucia ^a   Peltz, Maria Teresa ^b   Ledda, Maria Giuseppina ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria   (Italy)

^b Diagnostic Imaging Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Headache; Migraine; Pain; Seizure; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; TOPIRAMATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC HEADACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; MIGRAINE; PAIN; SEIZURE; VIDEO-EEG;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 84878180493     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2013.0552     Document Type: Note

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