Electroclinical study of localization-related epilepsies in early infancy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-136

  Ohmori, Iori ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a   Oka, Eiji ^a   Akiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohtahara, Shunsuke ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030961558     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00296-2     Document Type: Article

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