Focal clinical and electroencephalographic features in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Jayalakshmi, S S ^a   Srinivasa Rao, B ^a   Sailaja, S ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

EEG abnormalities; focal; juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLONIC SEIZURE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELTA RHYTHM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954389322     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01270.x     Document Type: Article

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