Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 450-452 , September 2010

Absence epilepsy and periventricular nodular heterotopia

  • M.C.Y. de Wit

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Pediatric Neurology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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  • H.M. Schippers

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Neurology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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  • I.F.M. de Coo

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Pediatric Neurology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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  • W.F.M. Arts

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Pediatric Neurology, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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  • M.H. Lequin

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Radiology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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  • A. Brooks

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • G.H. Visser

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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  • G.M.S. Mancini

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 107040704; fax: +31 107036345.

Received 6 March 2010 ,Accepted 17 June 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00142-1

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.06.013

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 450-452 , September 2010

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