The new International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification of epilepsies: A step in the wrong direction?;Nueva clasificación de las epilepsias de la Liga Internacional contra la Epilepsia (ILAE): ¿un paso en dirección equivocada?

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 541-547

  Gómez Alonso, Juan ^a   Bellas Lamas, Paula ^a  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Classification; Epilepsy; Epileptic seizures; Epileptic syndrome; ILAE; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 79957583591     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5209.2010657     Document Type: Article

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