Etiological spectrum of localization-related epilepsies in childhood and the need for CT scan in children with partial seizures with no obvious causation - A study from South India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 202-206

  Murthy, J M K ^a   Yangala, R ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PORENCEPHALY; PROBABILITY; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TUBERCULOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033861362     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.4.202     Document Type: Article

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