Nonsymptomatic generalized epilepsy in children younger than six years: Excellent prognosis, but classification should be reconsidered after follow-up: The Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 734-739

  Middeldorp, C M ^a   Geerts, A T ^a   Brouwer, O F ^b   Peters, A C B ^c   Stroink, H ^d   Van Donselaar, C A ^a,c   Arts, W F M ^a,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Cryptogenic; Epilepsy; Generalized epilepsy; Idiopathic; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036062204     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.72601.x     Document Type: Article

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