Temporal lobe epilepsy in childhood: Clinical, EEG, and neuroimaging findings and syndrome classification in a cohort with new-onset seizures

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 960-968

  Simon Harvey, A ^a,b,c,d   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b,c,d   Wrennall, Jacqueline A ^a,b,c,d   Hopkins, Lan J ^a,b,c,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY COUNSELING; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030721561     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.49.4.960     Document Type: Article

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