Prognosis of seizures occurring in the first year

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 386-391

  Datta, Anita N ^a   Wirrell, Elaine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0034124207     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(00)00130-2     Document Type: Article

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