Epilepsy syndromes in patients with childhood-onset seizures in Finland

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 533-537

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Jalava, Merja ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032793180     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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