Commentary on "Factors influencing clinical features of absence seizures"

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2141-2143

  Holmes, Gregory L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HUMANS;

EID: 57449107294     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01818.x     Document Type: Note

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