The new ILAE report on terminology and concepts for organization of epileptic seizures: A clinician's critical view and contribution

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2155-2160

  Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Epileptic seizures; Organization

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE SEIZURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 82955232988     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03288.x     Document Type: Review

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