Benign childhood focal epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Guerrini, Renzo ^a,b   Pellacani, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign rolandic epilepsy; Children; Focal epilepsy; Idiopathic; Occipital epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULTHOOD; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE; BENIGN OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; BENIGN ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CHILDHOOD OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; IDIOPATHIC OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PARIETAL CORTEX; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84865728428     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03609.x     Document Type: Article

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