Neonatal seizures with tonic clonic sequences and poor developmental outcome

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-168

  Schmitt, Bernhard ^a   Wohlrab, Gabriele ^a   Sander, Thomas ^b   Steinlein, Ortrud K ^c   Hajnal, Beatrice Latal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign familial neonatal convulsions; Developmental disabilities; Electro encephalography; Epilepsy; KCNQ2; Newborn; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 23944521562     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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