Concomitance of Childhood Absence and Rolandic Epilepsy

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 177-180

  Ramelli, Gian Paolo ^a   Donati, Filippo ^c   Moser, Hans ^c   Vassella, Franco ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Neurology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benign Rolandic Epilepsy; Centrotemporal Epilepsy; Childhood Absence Seizures; Concomitance Between Epileptic Syndromes; Electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPIKE WAVE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032435622     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949802900409     Document Type: Article

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