Infantile spasms as a cause of acquired perinatal visual loss

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 385-388

  Brooks, Brian P ^a,e   Simpson, Jennifer L ^d   Leber, Steven M ^b,c   Robertson, Patricia L ^b,c   Archer, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036887049     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2002.129796     Document Type: Article

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