Ring Chromosome 20 with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus: Electroclinical Correlation of a Rare Epileptic Syndrome

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-160

  Locharernkul, Chaichon ^a   Ebner, Alois ^b   Promchainant, Chinvorn ^c  

^a KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Genetic Epileptic Syndrome; Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus; Ring Chromosome 20; Video EEG Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 20; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC EPILEPTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MOSAICISM; NAUSEA; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPIKE WAVE; THAILAND; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RING CHROMOSOMES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 23844457938     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940503600305     Document Type: Article

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