Clinical and epidemiology features of the five kinds of new epileptic syndrome

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 47, 2006, Pages 3319-3323

  Wang, Xue Feng ^a   Zhu, Xi ^a   Shen, Ding Lie ^a   Guan, Li Feng ^a   Yan, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epileptic syndrome; Heredity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STARTLE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 33847360677     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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