Evidence of late-onset infantile spasms

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Bednarek, N ^a   Motte, J ^a   Soufflet, C ^b   Plouin, P ^b   Dulac, O ^b  

^a AMERICAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral impairment; Childhood epilepsy; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PYRIDOXINE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031883430     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01274.x     Document Type: Article

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