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MINOR EPILEPSIES OF CHILDHOOD
Author(s) -
HOPKINS I. J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1970.tb02869.x
Subject(s) - medicine , minor (academic) , confusion , terminology , grand mal , epilepsy , pediatrics , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , humanities , linguistics , psychology , philosophy
The minor epilepsies of childhood can be defined as those characterised by ‘small attacks’. In contrast to grand mal and focal epilepsy, there is much confusion over terminology of the minor epilepsies, as succinctly summarised in the editorial columns of the Lancet (1966).