A study of 43 patients with Panayiotopoulos syndrome, a common and benign childhood seizure susceptibility

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Lada, Christina ^a   Skiadas, Konstantinos ^a   Theodorou, Virginia ^a   Loli, Nomiki ^a   Covanis, Athanasios ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autonomic seizures; Children; Epilepsy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; VOMITING; WAKEFULNESS;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0038680349     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.32602.x     Document Type: Article

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