Long-term observations of two siblings with Lafora disease treated with zonisamide

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 283-287

  Yoshimura, Ihoko ^a   Kaneko, Sunao ^a   Yoshimura, Noriaki ^b   Murakami, Takuya ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lafora disease; Progressive myoclonus epilepsy; Status epilepticus; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OBSERVATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; LAFORA DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0034892351     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(01)00282-0     Document Type: Article

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