Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: Is it always benign?

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1182-1185

  Ong, Hian Tat ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrotemporal spikes; Childhood epilepsy; Cognitive decline; Intractable seizures; Video EEG evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SPIKE;

EID: 0034646474     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.5.1182     Document Type: Article

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