Characteristics and prognosis of epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 289-294

  Zafeiriou, Dimitrios I ^a,b   Kontopoulos, Eleftherios E ^a   Tsikoulas, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Child Neurologist   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032933301     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901400504     Document Type: Article

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