The spectrum of idiopathic rolandic epilepsy syndromes and idiopathic occipital epilepsies: From the benign to the disabling

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 62-66

  Gobbi, Giuseppe ^a   Boni, Antonella ^a   Filippini, Melissa ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

BCECTS; Early onset BCOE; Rolandic epilepsy "related disorders"

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONREM SLEEP; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33750598759     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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