Long‐term Prognosis of 150 Cases of “West Syndrome”

Epilepsia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1973, Pages 153-164

  JEAVONS, P M ^a   BOWER, B D ^a   DIMITRAKOUDI, M ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypsarrhythmia; Prognosis; Steroid treatment; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; STEROID THERAPY; WEST SYNDROME; AGE; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVULSIONS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0015699731     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1973.tb03952.x     Document Type: Article

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