The nosology of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome;ZUR NOSOLOGIE DES LENNOX-GASTAUT-SYNDROMS

Nervenarzt

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-122

  Hirt, H R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

differential diagnosis; etiology; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; nosology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030030698     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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