Benign rolandic epilepsy: Clinical and electroencephalographic correlates

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 852-861

  Dos Santos Riesgo, Rudimar ^a   Jayakar, Prasanna ^b   Rotta, Newra Tellechea ^b  

^a NONE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benign rolandic epilepsy; Childhood epilepsy; EEG (electroencephalogram)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0039256164     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000500010     Document Type: Article

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