Age of onset in idiopathic (genetic) generalized epilepsies: Clinical and EEG findings in various age groups

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 417-421

  Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a,b   Emami, Mehrdad ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; EEG; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Seizure type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862209226     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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