Fixation-Off Sensitivity and Generalized Epileptic EEG Induced by Eyes Closed

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-366

  Şenbil, Nesrin ^a   Soyer, Özge ^b   Turanlý, Güzide ^b   Gürer, Y K Yavuz ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENYTOIN; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE DISCHARGE; EYE FIXATION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FIXATION OFF SENSITIVITY CRYPTOGENIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 33750359947     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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