Classification of seizures and epilepsy

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-331

  Riviello Jr , James J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0141722273     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-003-0010-4     Document Type: Review

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