Dropped head syndrome in severe intractable epilepsies with mental retardation

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 282-287

  Brázdil, Milan ^a   Fojtíková, Dagmar ^a   Košt'álová, Eva ^b   Bareš, Martin ^a   Kuba, Robert ^a   Pažourková, Marta ^a   Rektor, Ivan ^a  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dropped head syndrome; L Carnitine deficiency; Refractory epilepsy; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARNITINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK; POSTURE; SYNDROME;

EID: 18944374786     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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