Seizure semiology of lesional frontal lobe epilepsies in children

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 287-291

  Battaglia, D ^a   Lettori, D ^a   Contaldo, I ^a   Veredice, C ^a   Sacco, A ^a   Vasco, J ^a   Martinelli, D ^a   Chieffo, D ^a   Tartaglione, T ^a   Colosimo, C ^a   Di Rocco, C ^b   Guzzetta, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Seizure semiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

EID: 44349188092     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1062705     Document Type: Article

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