Clinical correlations of occipital epileptiform discharges in children

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-269

  Libenson, Mark H ^a   Caravale, Barbara ^a   Prasad, Asuri N ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033595234     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.2.265     Document Type: Article

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