Faciobrachial dystonic seizures arise from cortico-subcortical abnormal brain areas

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1684-1686

  Boesebeck, Frank ^a   Schwarz, Oliver ^a   Dohmen, Bernhard ^a   Graef, Ulrike ^a   Vestring, Thomas ^a   Kramme, Corinna ^b   Bien, Christian G ^b  

^a Diakoniekrankenhaus Rotenburg   (Germany)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LEUCINE RICH GLIOMA INACTIVATED 1 ANTIBODY; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION; DYSTONIC DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACIOBRACHIAL DYSTONIC SEIZURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; JOINT FUNCTION; LETTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEIZURE; SHOULDER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BRAIN; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIRACETAM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84878854999     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-6946-7     Document Type: Letter

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