Idiopathic generalized epilepsies imitating focal epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2005, Pages 91-95

  Ferrie, Colin D ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Circling seizures; Focal epilepsy; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Versive seizures

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; STATISTICS; SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; SEIZURES; SYNDROME;

EID: 32944480365     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00319.x     Document Type: Review

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