Children with benign focal sharp waves in the EEG - Developmental disorders and epilepsy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 227-241

  Doose, H ^a,c   Neubauer, B ^b   Carlsson, G ^b  

^a Epilepsy Research Unit   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Norddeutsches Epilepsiezentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Dyslexia; Dysphasia; Epilepsy; Focal sharp waves; Genetics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029844761     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973771     Document Type: Review

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