The syndromic classification of the international league against epilepsy: A hospital-based study from South India

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-54

  Murthy, J M K ^a   Yangala, Ravi ^a   Srinivas, Mantha ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral calcification; India; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Localization related epilepsy; Single computed tomography enhancing lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031906408     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01273.x     Document Type: Article

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