Evolution of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A long-term longitudinal study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 48-51

  Yagi, Kazuichi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Employment; Epilepsy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Mental retardation; Patient outcome assessment; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0029942236     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01821.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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