Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , March 2004

Clinical and electroencephalographic follow-up after a first unprovoked seizure

  • Maria Isabel B Winckler, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Pediatrics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Winckler; Av. Benjamin Constant, 1575; 90550-005; Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Newra T Rotta, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Pediatrics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Received 11 February 2003 ,Accepted 6 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.08.002

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 201-206 , March 2004

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