Landau-Kleffner syndrome: Study of four cases

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 2 A, 2002, Pages 239-241

  Coutinho Dos Santos, Lúcia H ^a   Antoniuk, Sérgio A ^a   Rodrigues, Marcelo ^a   Bruno, Sílvo ^a   Bruck, Isac ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Children; Electroencephalogram; Landau kleffner syndrome; Language; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0036594151     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2002000200010     Document Type: Article

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