Terminology and prognosis of Dravet syndrome

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 942-943

  Dravet, Charlotte ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

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ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84902357799     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12626     Document Type: Letter

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