Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 222-225 , May 2010

Electroencephalographic generalized features in idiopathic childhood focal epilepsies

  • Mi-Sun Yum

      Affiliations

    • The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
    • ,
  • Tae-Sung Ko

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 3010 3390; fax: +82 2 473 3725.
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  • Eun Hye Lee
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  • Min-Hee Jeong

Received 20 November 2009 ,Revised 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00035-X

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.02.006

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 222-225 , May 2010

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