Epidemiological and clinical study of West syndrome in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-20

  Matsuo, A ^a   Matsuzaka, T ^a   Tsuru, A ^a   Moriuchi, H ^a   Nakashita, Y ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Baba, C ^a   Tomimasu, K ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0035158018     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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