Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2004, Pages 13-16

  Oguni, Hirokazu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis of epilepsy; Neurobiologic approach; Syndromic approach

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETHOSUXIMIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 10644254388     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.458003.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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