National general practice study of epilepsy (ngpse): Partial seizure patterns in a general population

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1911-1917

  Mrcp, Manford M ^a   Hart, Y M ^a   Sander, J W A S ^a   Shorvon, S D ^a  

^a Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026793558     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.10.1911     Document Type: Article

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