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Visual phenomena and headache in occipital epilepsy: a review, a systematic study and differentiation from migraine Volume 1, numéro 4, Décembre 1999

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C.P. Panayiotopoulos, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, England
  • Page(s) : 205-16
  • Année de parution : 2000

Introduction Occipital seizures often manifest with elementary visual hallucinations and blindness [3-10]. Ictal or postictal headache and vomiting described in idiopathic [8, 9, 11] have not been systematically studied in symptomatic occipital epilepsy. Similar symptoms of elementary visual hallucinations, blindness and headache are more common in migraine. The characteristics of migraine visual aura, progression and associated [...]