Landau-Kleffner syndrome: Much more than aphasia and epilepsy

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-224

  Eslava Cobos, Jorge ^a   Mejia, Lyda ^a  

^a Inst Neurológico de Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 0030901035     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1746     Document Type: Article

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