Using Music to Treat Epilepsy in Children: A Review

Music & Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 242-247

  Lin, Lung Chang ^a   Yang, Rei Cheng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

children; epilepsy; epileptiform discharges; Mozart K.448; music therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990378699     PISSN: 19438621     EISSN: 1943863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1943862113500506     Document Type: Article

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