Pediatric Neurology
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 264-269 , April 2001

Symptomatic or cryptogenic partial epilepsy of childhood onset: fourteen-year follow-up

This study was presented as a poster at the Child Neurology Meeting in Baltimore, MD, in October 1995 (Ann Neurol 1995;38:529).

  • C Ákos Szabó, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology; University of Texas Health Science Center; San Antonio, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Szabó; Division of Neurology; University of Texas Health Science Center At San Antonio; 7703 Floyd Curl Drive; San Antonio, TX 78284-7883
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  • A.David Rothner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Prakash Kotagal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Gerald Erenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Dudley S Dinner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • ,
  • Elaine Wyllie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 20 March 2000 ,Accepted 15 January 2001.

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Pediatric Neurology
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