Epidemiology of epilepsy in childhood: Types of epileptic seizure and epileptic syndromes;Epidemiologia de la epilepsia en la edad pediatrica: Tipos de crisis epilepticas y sindromes epilepticos

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 256-260

  Ramos Lizana, J ^a,b   Carrasco Marina, Li ^a   Vazquez Lopez M ^a   Calvo Bonachera, M D ^a   Cassinello Garcia, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

children; epidemiology; epilepsy; epileptic syndromes; etiology; seizure type; seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEIZURE; CLASSIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029847098     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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