Idiopathic generalized epilepsies recognized by the international league against epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2005, Pages 48-56

  Nordli Jr , Douglas R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent epilepsy; Childhood epilepsy; Epilepsy classification; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Infant epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; BENIGN MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY WITH GENERALIZED TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; EPILEPSY WITH MYOCLONIC ABSENCE; EPILEPSY WITH MYOCLONIC ASTATIC SEIZURE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY WITH FEBRILE SEIZURES PLUS AN ENTITY IN EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AGAINST EPILEPSY; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 32944466442     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00313.x     Document Type: Review

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