Characteristics of seizures in a population-based series of mentally retarded children with active epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 850-856

  Steffenburg, Ulf ^a,b   Hagberg, Gudrun ^a   Kyllerman, Mårten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Mental retardation; Onset age; Seizure types

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029789122     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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