Epilepsy in the developing brain: Lessons from the laboratory and clinic

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-30

  Holmes, Gregory L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Université Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Developing brain; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MATURATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RATS;

EID: 0031037650     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01074.x     Document Type: Review

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