Infantile spasms: Neurological and developmental follow-up - A comparison between two ethnic groups: Israeli Jews and Bedouin in the South of Israel

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Vardi, Gideon ^a   Snapir, Shir Melamed ^a,b   Merick, Joav ^a,c,d   Shorer, Zamir ^b   Levy, Jacov ^b   Friger, Michael ^a   Galil, Aharon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (Israel)

^d Division for Mental Retardation   (Israel)

Author keywords

ACTH; Child development; Infantile spasms; Israel

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INFECTION; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARABS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15944392827     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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