Newly diagnosed epilepsy in children: Presentation at diagnosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-452

  Berg, Anne T ^c   Shinnar, Shlomo ^a   Levy, Susan R ^b   Testa, Francine M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood onset epilepsy; Classification; Epidemiology; Epilepsy syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0004088482     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00739.x     Document Type: Article

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