COMORBIDITY IN HEMICONVULSION-HEMIPLEGIA-EPILEPSY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
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hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome
objective hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome (hhe) is an initial phase of unilateral or predominantly unilateral convulsive seizures usually of long duration, with a second phase of hemiplegia (usually permanent), immediately following the hemiconvulsions;and then a third stage, characterized by the appearance of partial epileptic seizures. the causes of the initial convulsions in hhe ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsia and paroxyzmal conditions
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2311-4088,2077-8333
DOI: 10.17749/2077-8333.2018.10.1.073-079