EEG features in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Clues to diagnosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 523-528

  Betting, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Mory, Susana Barreto ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a   Li, Li M ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   Guerreiro, Carlos A M ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; EEG; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 33644802664     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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