Long-term outcome of west syndrome: A study of adults with a history of infantile spasms

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Riikonen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infantile spasms; Long term outcome; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEST SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; INTELLIGENCE; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; OCCUPATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029664564     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00573.x     Document Type: Article

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