Long-term follow-up study of West syndrome: Differences of outcome among symptomatic etiologies

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-235

  Hamano, Shin Ichiro ^a,b   Tanaka, Manabu ^a   Mochizuki, Mika ^a   Sugiyama, Nobuyoshi ^a   Eto, Yoshikatsu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 0042333322     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0022-3476(03)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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