Models of pediatric epilepsies: Strategies and opportunities

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1407-1414

  Stafstrom, Carl E ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^b   Swann, John W ^c   Nehlig, Astrid ^d   Jacobs, Margaret P ^e   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INFANT; MICE; RATS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33746894171     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00674_1.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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