Early thalamic injury associated with epilepsy and continuous spike-wave during slow sleep

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 889-900

  Guzzetta, Francesco ^a,b   Battaglia, Domenica ^a   Veredice, Chiara ^a   Donvito, Valeria ^a   Pane, Marika ^a   Lettori, Donatella ^a   Chiricozzi, Francesca ^a   Chieffo, Daniela ^a   Tartaglione, Tommaso ^a   Dravet, Charlotte ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL INJURIES; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 20544469353     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.64504.x     Document Type: Article

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