Benign partial epilepsies in infancy

Brain and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 296-300

  Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign infantile convulsion; Benign partial epilepsy; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy; Infant; Localization related epilepsy; Partial epilepsy; Secondarily generalized seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034648511     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(00)00112-1     Document Type: Review

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