What is refractory epilepsy?;¿Qué es la epilepsia refractaria?

Iatreia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-167

  Carrizosa Moog, Jaime ^b   Cornejo Ochoa, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0041320926     PISSN: 01210793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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