Generalized epileptic disorders: An update

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 445-457

  Avoli, Massimo ^a,d   Rogawski, Michael A ^b   Avanzini, Giuliano ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; MESUXIMIDE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MUTATION; RATS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0035046475     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.39800.x     Document Type: Review

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