Pathogenesis of the developmental epilepsies

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 567-574

  Giza, Christopher C ^b   Sankar, Raman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031753673     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199810060-00005     Document Type: Review

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