Pediatrie Epilepsy Syndromes: An Update and Critical Review

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Duchowny, Michael ^a   Harvey, A Simon ^b  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Adolescent; Brain abnormalities; Brain diagnosis; Child; Complex partial epilepsy; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Generalized epilepsy; Genetics; Infant; Infantile spasms; Myoclonic epilepsy; Partial epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0029954215     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb06020.x     Document Type: Review

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