Occipital intermittent rhythmic delta activity in absence epilepsy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 64, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 193-197

  Guilhoto, Laura M F F ^a   Manreza, Maria Luíza G ^a   Yacubian, Elza M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood absence epilepsy; EEG; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Occipital intermittent delta activity; Typical absence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIVALPROATE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PYKNOLEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745577364     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2006000200004     Document Type: Article

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