Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 359-362 , July 2010

Occipital lobe seizures related to marked elevation of hemoglobin A1C: Report of two cases

  • Wan-Ling Hung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Peiyuan F. Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Nantou Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Sec. 3, Taichung-Kang Rd., Taichung 407, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 4 2359 2525x3021; fax: +886 4 2358 4403.
    • ,
  • Yi-Chung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Ming-Hong Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
    • School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Received 12 July 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 20 May 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00110-X

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.05.006

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 359-362 , July 2010

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