West syndrome: Etiological and prognostic aspects

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Etiology; Infantile spasms; Prognosis; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; DYSPLASIA; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LEUKOMALACIA; MYELINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 0031938905     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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