Characteristics and treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy with a history of complicated febrile convulsion

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-248

  Kanemoto, Kousuke ^a   Takuji, Natori ^b   Kawasaki, Jun ^a   Kawai, Itsuo ^a  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Febrile convulsion; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0031897725     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.2.245     Document Type: Article

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