Epilepsia partialis continua of childhood involving bilateral brain hemispheres

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 345-352

  Takahashi, Y ^a,b   Kubota, H ^a   Fujiwara, T ^a   Yagi, K ^a   Seino, M ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsia partialis continua; Kojewnikow's syndrome; Rasmussen's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031463537     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00296.x     Document Type: Article

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