Occipital epilepsies in children

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 261-268

  Gökçay, Ahmet ^a   Gökçay, Figen ^a   Ekmekçi, özgül ^a   ülkü, Ayfer ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Occipital epilepsies; Paroxysms; Photosensitive; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATIENT CODING; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037002362     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.2002.0608     Document Type: Article

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