Epidemiology of temporal lobe epilepsy

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Wiebe, Samuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0034043902     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100000561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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