Treatment and long-term prognosis of myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 122-132

  Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Hayashi, K ^a   Funatsuka, M ^a   Sakauchi, M ^a   Shirakawa, S ^a   Osawa, M ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doose Syndrome; Long Term Prognosis; Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy; Myoclonic Astatic Seizures; Treatment Response

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; DOOSE SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036341965     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33675     Document Type: Article

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