Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: Clinical characteristics, treatment and prognosis in a Norwegian population of patients

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-38

  Kleveland, Grethe ^a   Engelsen, Bernt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031911345     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)90005-X     Document Type: Article

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