Stormy onset of benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysmal discharges

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-39

  Verrotti, A ^a   Domizio, S ^a   Melchionda, D ^a   Guerra, M ^a   Mucedola, T ^a   Onofrj, M ^a   Chiarelli, F ^a   Sabatino, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Ospedale SS Annunziata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign epilepsy; Occipital seizures; Stormy onset

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034092211     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050008     Document Type: Article

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