Continuous spike-waves and dementia in childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-145

  Tenembaum, Silvia N ^a   Deonna, Thierry W ^b   Fejerman, Natalio ^a   Medina, Carlos ^a   Ingvar Maeder, Malin ^b   Gubser Mercati, Daniéle ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioral and cognitive dysfunction; Benign partial epileptic status; Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms; Continuous spike waves during sleep; Refractory seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030976165     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(97)90006-2     Document Type: Article

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