Peri-ictal yawning lateralizes the seizure onset to the no-dominant hemisphere in patients with tempoval lobe epilepsy.

• Authors: KUBA Robert; MUSILOVÁ Klára; BRÁZDIL Milan; REKTOR Ivan
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Epilepsy Behavior
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: Peri-ictal; Yawning ; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery
• Description: The main aim of this recrospective study was to investigate the incidence and lateralizing value of peri-ictal yawning in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent successful surgery for epilepsy.

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