Early Prediction of Intractable Childhood Epilepsy
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Predictors of intractable childhood epilepsy.
OBJECTIVE To determine the prognosis of seizures in epileptic children and identify early predictors of intractable childhood epilepsy. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Epilepsy Centre of the Children's Hospital Lahore, from February 2005 to April 2007. PATIENTS AND METHODS All children (aged 1 month to 16 years) with idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy who ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2001
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-15-6-6