Absence epilepsy with fast rhythmic discharges during sleep: An intermediary form of generalized epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 351-356

  Guye, M ^a   Bartolomei, F ^a,b   Gastaut, J L ^b   Chauvel, P ^a   Dravet, C ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Henri Gastaut Hospital (CINAPSE)   (France)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; EEG; Fast rhythms; Idiopathic; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SPIKE; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035065118     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.07100.x     Document Type: Article

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