The secondarily generalized tonic–clonic seizure: A videotape analysis

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 1403-1407

  Theodore, William H ^a   Porter, R J ^a   Albert, P ^a   Kelley, K ^a   Bromfield, E ^a   Devinsky, O ^a   Sato, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0027956995     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.8.1403     Document Type: Article

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