Decreased frequency of seizures in infantile spasms associated with lissencephaly by human herpes virus 7 infection

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-170

  Ono, Jiro ^a,b   Imai, Katsumi ^a   Tanaka Taya, Keiko ^a,c   Kurahashi, Hiroki ^d   Okada, Shintaro ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human herpes virus 7; Infantile spasms; Lissencephaly; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; ZONISAMIDE;

AGYRIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FACIES; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE TONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0036119357     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1328-8067.2001.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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