Seizure semiology of occipital lobe epilepsy in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1188-1191

  Van Den Hout, B M ^a   Van Der Meij, W ^a   Wieneke, G H ^a   Van Huffelen, A C ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benign focal epilepsy of childhood (BEOP); Seizure symptomology; Symptomatic occipital lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030825948     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01215.x     Document Type: Article

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