Long Term Changes in Patients with Hypsarrhythmia-Infantile Spasms: 505 Patients, up to 43 Years Follow-Up

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Hughes, John R ^a   Rechitsky, Igor ^a   Daaboul, Yaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile Spasms; Lennox Gastaut Syndrome; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0031030626     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949702800103     Document Type: Article

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