Syndromic classification of patients with typical absence seizures

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 3 A, 2003, Pages 580-587

  Guilhoto, Laura M F F ^a   Manreza, Maria Luíza G ^a   Yacubian, Elza M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Classification; Epilepsy syndromes; Generalized epilepsy; Idiopathic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0042694859     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000400010     Document Type: Article

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