Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2009, Pages 10-15

  Donald Shields, W ^a,b   Carter Snead III, Orlando ^c  

^a Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Childhood; Epilepsy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; SULTIAME;

ANXIETY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SPIKE; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 68949202917     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02229.x     Document Type: Review

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