Atypical evolutions of benign localization-related epilepsies in children: Are they predictable?

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 380-390

  Fejerman, Natalio ^a,b   Caraballo, Roberta ^a   Tenembaum, Silvia N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acquired aphasia; Benign partial epilepsies; Continuous spike waves; Sleep EEG; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0034107540     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00177.x     Document Type: Article

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