The mystery of the doctor's son, or the riddle of West syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 953-955

  Eling, Paul ^a   Renier, Willy O ^b   Pomper, Joern ^c   Med, Cand ^d   Baram, Tallie Z ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 0037177105     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.6.953     Document Type: Short Survey

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