Pediatric Neurology
Volume 41, Issue 6 , Pages 428-434 , December 2009

Childhood Absence Epilepsy in Patients With Benign Focal Epileptiform Discharges

  • Rani A. Sarkis, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center/Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to: Dr. Sarkis; Neurological Institute; Cleveland Clinic; 9500 Euclid Ave, S-91; Cleveland, OH 44195.
    • ,
  • Tobias Loddenkemper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center/Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Richard C. Burgess, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center/Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Elaine Wyllie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center/Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Received 3 November 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.07.004

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 41, Issue 6 , Pages 428-434 , December 2009

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