Epilepsy diagnosis and localization in patients with antecedent childhood febrile convulsions

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 917-922

  Hamati Haddad, Aline ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0031948473     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.4.917     Document Type: Article

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