West syndrome and its related epileptic syndromes

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1998, Pages 30-37

  Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early myoclonic encephalopathy; Focal cortical dysplasia; Gastaut syndrome; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Lennox; Periodic spasms; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0031712019     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05147.x     Document Type: Article

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