Automatisms in absence seizures in children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-734

  Sadleir, Lynette G ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^b,d   Smith, Sherry ^c   Connolly, Mary B ^c   Farrell, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AROUSAL; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREVALENCE; SLEEP; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67049108916     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.108     Document Type: Article

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