Absence epilepsy. A review of our 14 years' experience;Epilepsia con ausencias. Revisión de nuestra experiencia de 14 años

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1113-1119

  Urena Hornos T ^a   Rubio Rubio, R ^a   Gros Esteban, D ^a   Cabrerizo De Diago, R ^a   Pena Segura J L ^a   López Pisón, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Absences; Adolescence; Epilepsy; Infancy; Neuropaediatrics

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 22144461704     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3912.2004362     Document Type: Review

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