The coexistence of idiopathic generalized epilepsy and partial epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 682-685

  Nicolson, Andrew ^a   Chadwick, David W ^b   Smith, David F ^b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 3042647607     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.45003.x     Document Type: Article

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