A comparison of adult onset and "classical" idiopathic generalised epilepsy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-74

  Nicolson, A ^a   Chadwick, D W ^b   Smith, D F ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEVER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347125213     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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