Intractable epilepsy with ring chromosome 20 syndrome treated with vagal nerve stimulation: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 778-780

  Chawla, Jasvinder ^a   Sucholeiki, Roy ^a   Jones, Carolyn ^a   Silver, Kenneth ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE STIMULATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RING CHROMOSOME; SPIKE WAVE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036823469     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738020170101805     Document Type: Article

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