A study of clinical and EEG patterns in patients with Idiopathic generalized epilepsy

 

Soni Girish¹, Jagiasi Kamlesh^2*, Singh Rakesh³, Chheda Akash⁴, Kadam Nikhil⁴, Ansari Afroz⁴

 

¹Associate Professor, ²Professor, ³Assistant Professor, ⁴Resident, Department of Neurology, Grant Govt. Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Byculla, Mumbai 400008.

Email: kamleshjagiasi@yahoo.com

 

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