A typical presentations of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A review

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 785-790

  Kramer, Uri ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Child Developmental Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atypical; Benign; Childhood; Cognition; Epilepsy; Negative myoclonus; Oromotor; Rolandic; Speech

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; SULTIAME;

AGNOSIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FALLING; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY; CLASSIFICATION; MASTICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SLEEP;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MASTICATION; SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 47349091765     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808316363     Document Type: Review

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