Focal seizures versus focal epilepsy in infancy: A challenging distinction

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-139

  Gerard F ^a   Kaminska, A ^a   Plouin, P ^a   Echenne, B ^b   Dulac, O ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b Service de Neurologie B   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

AED induced worsening; Epilepsy in infancy; Migrating partial seizures in infancy; Partial epilepsy; Partial seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033139803     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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