Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Clinical and EEG features

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-163

  Pedersen, S B ^a   Petersen, K A ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EEG; Generalized seizures; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0031801242     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb00630.x     Document Type: Article

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