The outcome of absence epilepsy: A meta-analysis

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 802-808

  Bouma, P A D ^a,b   Westendorp, R G J ^a,b   Van Dijk, J G ^a   Peters, A C B ^a   Brouwer, O F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0029813984     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.3.802     Document Type: Article

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