Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 312-318 , October 2001

Study on early-onset benign occipital seizure susceptibility syndrome

  • Hirokazu Oguni, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Oguni; Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Women’s Medical University; 8-1 Kawada-cho; Shinjuku-ku; Tokyo 162, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Woman’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Doaikai Hospital; Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kitami Hayashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Woman’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Makoto Funatsuka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Woman’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Makiko Osawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Woman’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Received 19 March 2001 ,Accepted 31 May 2001.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 312-318 , October 2001

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