Idiopathic pediatric epilepsy syndromes

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 4 EPILEPSY, 2007, Pages 106-120

  Bergqvist, A G Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE THERAPY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34548432131     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000284537.52681.d1     Document Type: Review

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