Long-term outcome of childhood absence epilepsy: Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Callenbach, Petra M C ^a   Bouma, Paul A D ^b   Geerts, Ada T ^c   Arts, Willem Frans M ^c   Stroink, Hans ^d   Peeters, Els A J ^e,f   van Donselaar, Cees A ^g   Peters, A C Boudewijn ^h   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^g Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^h NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood absence epilepsy; Long term follow up; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58849117958     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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