Primary generalized epilepsy during infancy and early childhood

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 170-174

  Shahar, Eli ^a   Barak, Shai ^a   Andraus, Jameel ^a   Kramer, Uri ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFANCY; INFANT; LABOR; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 2342425515     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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