Pediatric Neurology
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 369-377 , November 2002

Clinical study of catastrophic infantile epilepsy with focal seizures

  • Kayano Ishii, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Women’s Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hirokazu Oguni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Women’s Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
    • 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.
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  • Kitami Hayashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Women’s Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Seigo Shirakawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics; Tokyo Women’s Medical University; Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yasushi Itoh, MD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 19 February 2002 ,Accepted 8 May 2002.

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Pediatric Neurology
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 369-377 , November 2002

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