Long term prognosis of juvenile absence epilepsy;Pronóstico a largo plazo de la epilepsia ausencia juvenil

Neurologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Aiguabella Macau, M ^a,b   Falip Centellas, M ^b   Veciana de las Heras, M ^b   Climent Perin M A ^b   Miro Llado J ^b   Moreno Gomez I ^b   Elices Palomar, E ^c  

^a Hospital de Sant Boi   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c Palma de Mallorca   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absences; Adulthood; Juvenile absence epilepsy; Prognostic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; JUVENILE ABSENCE SEIZURE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954764159     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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