Typical absences in a patient with serious head injury;Ausencias tipicas en un paciente con trauma craneoencefalico grave

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 240-242

  Fernandez Dominguez A ^a  

^a Calle B 21 e/ I A Y 3 A ^*  (Cuba)

Author keywords

Head injury; Secondary epilepsy; Typical absences

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN INJURY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

VALPROIC ACID;

BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP, REM; VALPROIC ACID; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033068312     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.2803.98300     Document Type: Article

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