The predictive value of electroencephalogram during early infancy for later development of west syndrome in infants with cystic periventricular leukomalacia

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 443-446

  Suzuki, Motomasa ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^b   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^b   Negoro, Tamiko ^b   Hayakawa, Fumio ^a   Kato, Toru ^c   Itomi, Kazuya ^c   Kubota, Tetsuo ^b   Maruyama, Koichi ^b  

^a Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Periventricular leukomalacia; Prediction; Preterm infant; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0345268798     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.29202.x     Document Type: Article

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