General conclusions and recommendations

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 58-61

  Beghi, Ettore ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; EPILEPSY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 37749026176     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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