Diseases

Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

A localization-related (focal) form of epilepsy characterized by seizures which arise in the FRONTAL LOBE.

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Abstract

A localization-related (focal) form of epilepsy characterized by seizures which arise in the FRONTAL LOBE.

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27 entry terms
  • Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe
  • Frontal Lobe Epilepsies
  • Benign Frontal Childhood Epilepsy
  • Childhood Benign Frontal Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy, Anterior Fronto-Polar
  • Epilepsy, Benign Frontal, Childhood
  • Epilepsy, Cingulate
  • Epilepsy, Opercular
  • Epilepsy, Orbito-Frontal
  • Epilepsy, Supplementary Motor
  • Frontal Epilepsy, Benign, Childhood
  • Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsies
  • Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsy
  • Cingulate Epilepsies
  • Cingulate Epilepsy
  • Epilepsies, Anterior Fronto-Polar
  • Epilepsies, Cingulate
  • Epilepsies, Orbito-Frontal
  • Epilepsies, Supplementary Motor
  • Epilepsy, Anterior Fronto Polar
  • Epilepsy, Orbito Frontal
  • Opercular Epilepsies
  • Opercular Epilepsy
  • Orbito-Frontal Epilepsies
  • Orbito-Frontal Epilepsy
  • Supplementary Motor Epilepsies
  • Supplementary Motor Epilepsy

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1992

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Previous Indexing

  • Epilepsy (1966-1988)
  • Epilepsy, Partial (1980-1991)
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe (1966-1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017034. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017034
  2. Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontal_lobe_epilepsy
  3. Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3204645