Misdiagnosis and treatment in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-66

  Atakli, Dilek ^a   Sözüer, Dilsat ^a   Atay, Turan ^a   Baybas, Sevim ^a   Arpaci, Baki ^a  

^a Bakirkoy Neurology Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0031885902     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)90010-3     Document Type: Article

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