Behavioral problems in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes treated and untreated with antiepileptic drugs

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 338-344

  Samaitiene, Ruta ^a   Norkuniene, Jolita ^b   Jurkevičiene, Giedre ^c   Grikiniene, Jurgita ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Epilepsy; Seizures; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872537948     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48070050     Document Type: Article

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