Idiopathic generalised epilepsy of adult onset: Clinical syndromes and genetics

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-196

  Marini, C ^b   King, M A ^b   Archer, J S ^b   Newton, M R ^b   Berkovic, S F ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037311166     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.2.192     Document Type: Article

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