Absence epilepsy with onset before age three years: A heterogeneous and often severe condition

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 944-949

  Chaix, Yves ^a,b   Daquin, Géraldine ^a   Monteiro, Franklin ^a   Villeneuve, Nathalie ^a   Laguitton, Virginie ^a   Genton, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DES ENFANTS   (France)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Early onset; Epilepsy; Prognosis; Typical absences

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037815493     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.54902.x     Document Type: Article

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