Intractable Epilepsy (Apneic Seizure) in an Infant with 18q Deletion Syndrome

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-526

  Kumada, Tomohiro ^a   Ito, Masatoshi ^a   Miyajima, Tomoko ^a   Fujii, Tatsuya ^a   Okuno, Takehiko ^a   Kumakura, Akira ^b  

^a SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

^b KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

APNEA; APNEIC SEIZURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FACE DYSMORPHIA; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

APNEA; BRAIN DISEASES; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0242642792     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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