Idiopathic generalized epilepsies of adolescence

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 107-110

  Beghi, Massimiliano ^a   Beghi, Ettore ^b   Cornaggia, Cesare Maria ^a   Gobbi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence; Adolescence; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Myoclonic; Tonic clonic

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SELF CONTROL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33750601020     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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