Pathophysiology of infantile spasms

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 497, Issue , 2002, Pages 111-121

  Chugani, Harry T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 0036097389     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1335-3_13     Document Type: Review

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