Childhood occipital epilepsy: Seizure manifestations and electroencephalographic features

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 408-413

  Yalçin, A Destina ^a,b   Kaymaz, Asuman ^a   Forta, Hulki ^a  

^a Sisli Etfal Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Selçuklar Sokak ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benign nocturnal childhood occipital epilepsy; Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms; Seizure symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SPIKE; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0343683333     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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