Early-onset versus typical childhood absence epilepsy; Clinical and electrographic characteristics

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 273-275

  Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a,b   Emami, Mehrdad ^a   Nikseresht, Alireza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood absence epilepsy; Early onset; EEG

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859427149     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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