1. Exacerbation of vocal tics after temporal lobectomy
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Sinno, D., Amin, H. El, Comair, Y., and Mikati, M.A.
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EPILEPSY , *CEREBRAL cortex , *NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *TEMPORAL lobectomy , *WADA test - Abstract
Abstract: We describe a woman with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy secondary to dysgenesis of the left temporal lobe who had a marked and long-term exacerbation of her preexisting vocal tics after a temporal lobectomy that completely controlled her seizures. The patient was determined to have right-sided speech dominance by the Wada test. This is, to our knowledge, only the second reported case of exacerbation of tics after resection of the nondominant temporal lobe. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2006
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