The new ILAE report on terminology and concepts for the organization of epilepsies: Critical review and contribution

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-404

  Panayiotopoulos, Chrysostomos P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Epileptic syndromes; Organization

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ABSENCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SCIENTIST; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WORKSHOP;

EPILEPSY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857640878     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03381.x     Document Type: Review

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