Clinical Analysis of Childhood Occipital Lobe Epilepsy in 43 Taiwanese Patients

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 387-392

  Du, Jung Chieh ^a   Chien, Yin Hshan ^a   Weng, Wen Chin ^a   Shen, Yu Zen ^a   Lee, Wang Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN; VISION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249876620     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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