The benign occipital epilepsies of childhood: An overview of the idiopathic syndromes and of the relationship to migraine

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 6 SUPPL.4, 1998, Pages

  Andermann, Frederick ^a   Zifkin, Benjamin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign occipital epilepsy; Children; Migraine; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 18444418872     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05129.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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