Prolonged epileptic blindness in an infant associated with cortical dysplasia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-129

  Shahar, Eli ^a   Hwang Md, Paul A ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DECORTICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 0035109985     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162201000226     Document Type: Article

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