West syndrome: A university hospital based study from Oman

Brain and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 586-592

  Koul, Roshan ^a   Chacko, Alexander ^a   Cherian, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Follow up; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Oman; Vigabatrin; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AICARDI SYNDROME; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMAN; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEST SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; OMAN; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0034783159     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00286-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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