Epileptic encephalopathies of early childhood

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 390-396

  Seth, Anju ^a,b   Aneja, S ^a   Taluja, V ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 601 Parivar Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035316735     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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