"Tonic-absence seizures": An unusual seizure phenotype, but not necessarily in that order

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-157

  Das, Krishna B ^a   Boyd, Stewart G ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence; Epilepsy; Generalized paroxysmal fast activity; Seizure type; Tonic absence

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC ABSENCE SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TELEMETRY; TERMINOLOGY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34347330022     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0097     Document Type: Article

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