Outcome of children with juvenile absence epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 766-768

  Tovia, Eliel ^a   Goldberg Stern, Hadassa ^a   Shahar, Eli ^b   Kramer, Uri ^c,d  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Institute for Child Development   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33750693075     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210092101     Document Type: Article

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