Absences in adult seizure disorders

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 112, Issue 182, 2005, Pages 12-18

  Trinka, Eugen ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absence; Classification; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 29444444727     PISSN: 00651427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00522.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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