Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms and benign nocturnal childhood occipital epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 218-221

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Domizio, Sergio ^a   Guerra, Maria ^a   Sabatino, Giuseppe ^a   Morgese, Guido ^b   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034029663     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500403     Document Type: Article

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