Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 326-329 , July 2010

Partial epilepsy presenting as focal atonic seizure: A case report

  • Jun Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 415 Link Building, 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
    • ,
  • Pegah Afra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Bola Adamolekun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 415 Link Building, 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 901 4484916; fax: +1 901 4487440.

Received 27 November 2009 ,Revised 1 April 2010 ,Accepted 23 April 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00089-0

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.04.014

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 326-329 , July 2010

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