An appraisal of the new operational definition of epilepsy-Then and now

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-220

  Malkan, Ashish ^a   Beran, Roy G ^a,b,c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis and comparison; Classification; Definition; Epilepsy; Ramifications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL DYSCOGNITIVE SEIZURE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOCAL MOTOR SEIZURE; FOCAL SENSORY SEIZURE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANTILE SPASM; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CLASSIFICATION; SEIZURES;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84910101385     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.084     Document Type: Article

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