Absence seizures in patients with localization-related epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 422-426

  Sofue, Ayako ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Negoro, Tamiko ^a   Hayakawa, Fumio ^b   Nakai, Yoshiko ^a   Toyota, Naoko ^a   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absence seizure; Localization related epilepsy; Partial seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0041665180     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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