Extraoccipital benign childhood partial seizures with ictal vomiting and excellent prognosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-85

  Panayiotopoulos, C P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign childhood partial seizures; EEG spike foci; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP; SPEECH; SPIKE; VOMITING;

EID: 0032992483     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.1.82     Document Type: Article

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