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Epilepsies in children—the power of making a syndrome diagnosis

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boxed-textKassaï B et al. (2008) Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of individual patient data. Epilepsia 49: 343–348

The precise classification of infants with epilepsy into specific epilepsy syndromes may help to avoid inappropriate evaluations and guide treatment strategies and prognosis

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