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[Postictal hemianopia as a special form of Todd's paresis]. 1980

F Hentschel

Following the definition by Efron as well as Mayer and Portnoy, a case of a patient treated by the author with an ephemeral, spontaneously remitting visual form of manifestation of Todd's paresis is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004827	Epilepsy	A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)	Aura,Awakening Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder,Epilepsy, Cryptogenic,Auras,Cryptogenic Epilepsies,Cryptogenic Epilepsy,Epilepsies,Epilepsies, Cryptogenic,Epilepsy, Awakening,Seizure Disorders
D006423	Hemianopsia	Partial or complete loss of vision in one half of the visual field(s) of one or both eyes. Subtypes include altitudinal hemianopsia, characterized by a visual defect above or below the horizontal meridian of the visual field. Homonymous hemianopsia refers to a visual defect that affects both eyes equally, and occurs either to the left or right of the midline of the visual field. Binasal hemianopsia consists of loss of vision in the nasal hemifields of both eyes. Bitemporal hemianopsia is the bilateral loss of vision in the temporal fields. Quadrantanopsia refers to loss of vision in one quarter of the visual field in one or both eyes.	Hemianopsia, Binasal,Hemianopsia, Bitemporal,Hemianopsia, Homonymous,Quadrantanopsia,Altidudinal Hemianopia,Altitudinal Hemianopsia,Binasal Hemianopia,Bitemporal Hemianopia,Hemianopia,Homonymous Hemianopia,Quadrantanopia,Altidudinal Hemianopias,Altitudinal Hemianopsias,Binasal Hemianopias,Binasal Hemianopsia,Binasal Hemianopsias,Bitemporal Hemianopias,Bitemporal Hemianopsia,Bitemporal Hemianopsias,Hemianopia, Altidudinal,Hemianopia, Binasal,Hemianopia, Bitemporal,Hemianopia, Homonymous,Hemianopias,Hemianopias, Altidudinal,Hemianopias, Binasal,Hemianopias, Bitemporal,Hemianopias, Homonymous,Hemianopsia, Altitudinal,Hemianopsias,Hemianopsias, Altitudinal,Hemianopsias, Binasal,Hemianopsias, Bitemporal,Hemianopsias, Homonymous,Homonymous Hemianopias,Homonymous Hemianopsia,Homonymous Hemianopsias,Quadrantanopias,Quadrantanopsias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths