A case of infantile spasms: Epileptic apnea as partial seizures at onset

Brain and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-241

  Kamei, Atsushi ^a   Ichinohe, Sadato ^a   Ito, Muneyuki ^b   Fujiwara, Tetsuro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kamaishi National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apnea; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy; Infantile spasm

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030152847     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(95)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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