Reading epilepsy and its variants: A model for system epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 591-

  Striano, Pasquale ^a   Striano, Salvatore ^b  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LETTER; READING EPILEPSY; SEIZURE;

EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; READING;

EID: 79952734997     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.021     Document Type: Letter

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