Epilepsy Syndromes in Infancy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-263

  Korff, Christian M ^a   Nordli Jr , Douglas R ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONVULSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOOSE SYNDROME; DRAVET SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANTILE SPASM; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST SYNDROME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; SYNDROME;

EID: 33646081041     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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