Epileptic Encephalopathies in Early Infancy with Suppression-Burst

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 398-407

  Ohtahara, Shunsuke ^a   Yamatogi, Yasuko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related epileptic encephalopathies; Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst; Early myoclonic encephalopathy; Hypsarrhythmia; Ohtahara syndrome; Suppression burst in EEG; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN DERIVATIVE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY MYOCLONIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANCY; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642498344     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-200311000-00003     Document Type: Review

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