Epilepsy classification: A cycle of evolution and revolution

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-167

  Korff, Christian M ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

classification; epilepsy; organization; terminology

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874930026     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32835ee58e     Document Type: Review

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