Clinical-epidemiological study of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in Santa Catarina State-Brazil;Estudo clinico-epidemiologico de pacientes com epilepsia mioclonica juvenil em Santa Catarina

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 57, Issue 2 B, 1999, Pages 401-404

  Figueredo, Roberto ^a,b   Trevisol Bittencourt, Paulo César ^a   Balsini De Moura Ferro, Juliano ^a  

^a Clin Multidisciplinar E   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Myoclonic jerks; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0033026215     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000300010     Document Type: Article

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