Classification of epileptic seizures

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 4 EPILEPSY, 2007, Pages 13-47

  Herman, Susan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548454489     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000284533.66143.12     Document Type: Review

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