Delineation of cryptogenic Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and myoclonic astatic epilepsy using multiple correspondence analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-29

  Kaminska, A ^a   Ickowicz, A ^b   Plouin, P ^a   Bru, M F ^c   Dellatolas, G ^d   Dulac, O ^a,e  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c LPNHE Paris VI VII   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Generalized epilepsy of childhood; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Multiple correspondence analysis; Multivariate analysis; Myoclonic astatic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RETARDATION; METHODS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032810346     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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