Observations on the misdiagnosis of generalized epilepsy as partial epilepsy: Causes and consequences

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-145

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Diagnosis; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033136342     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1998.0228     Document Type: Article

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