Recurrent seizures in the developing brain are not harmful

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-737

  Camfield, Peter R ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DISEASE MODEL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTELLIGENCE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MICE; RATS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0031159179     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01245.x     Document Type: Article

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