What is west syndrome?

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-22

  Dulac, Olivier ^a   Soufflet, Christine ^a   Chiron, Catherine ^a   Kaminska, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036361779     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(02)49003-4     Document Type: Review

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