Epilepsy in children in navarre, Spain: Epileptic seizure types and epileptic syndromes

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 823-828

  Durá Travé, Teodoro ^a   Yoldi Petri, María Eugenia ^a   Gallinas Victoriano, Fidel ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizure types; Epileptic syndromes

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; SPAIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 34547897414     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807304207     Document Type: Article

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