The course of benign partial epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes: A meta-analysis

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 430-437

  Bouma, Paul A D ^a   Bovenkerk, Anouk C ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPIKE;

EID: 0031029713     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.2.430     Document Type: Article

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