Childhood absence epilepsy: Elctroclinical features and diagnostic criteria

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-119

  Ma, Xiuwei ^a,b   Zhang, Yuehua ^a   Yang, Zhixian ^a   Liu, Xiaoyan ^a   Sun, Huihui ^a   Qin, Jiong ^a   Wu, Xiru ^a   Liang, Jianmin ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood absence epilepsy; Diagnosis; Electroencephalogram

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; PANAYIOTOPOULOS CRITERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 78751619177     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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