Generalized tonic and tonic-clonic seizures of childhood

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 221-223

  Kramer, Uri ^a,b   Nevo, Yoram ^a   Yael, Leitner ^a   Harel, Shaul ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Institute for Child Development   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031859916     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389801300505     Document Type: Article

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