Benign Epilepsy of Childhood With Rolandic Spikes: Typical and Atypical Variants

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-145

  Datta, Anita ^a   Sinclair, D Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847617974     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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