The Landau-Kleffner syndrome: Increased understanding

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 311-316

  Gordon, Neil ^a  

^a Huntlywood   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causes; Epilepsy; Language; Spike wave activity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; ONSET AGE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0030818098     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00031-4     Document Type: Review

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