Pediatric Neurology
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 290-296 , April 2001

Five-year follow-up of patients with partial epilepsies in infancy

  • Akihisa Okumura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Okumura; Department of Pediatrics; Nagoya University School of Medicine; 65 Tsurumai-cho; Showa-ku; Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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  • Fumio Hayakawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki, Japan
    • ,
  • Toru Kato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Japan
    • ,
  • Kuniyoshi Kuno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Japan
    • ,
  • Tamiko Negoro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuyoshi Watanabe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Received 25 September 2000 ,Accepted 12 January 2001.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 290-296 , April 2001

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