Landau-kleffner syndrome with onset at 18 months and an initial diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Uldall, Peter ^a,b   Sahlholdt, Lene ^a   Alving, Jørgen ^a  

^a Danish Epilepsy Hospital   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drugs; Corticosteroids; Developmental dysphasia; Landau Kleffner syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CORTICOSTEROID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP;

EID: 0034162222     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejpn.2000.0268     Document Type: Article

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