Alternating hemiplegia of childhood treated as epilepsy. Two new cases;Hemiplejía alternante de la infancia tratada como epilepsia. Dos nuevos casos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 351-353

  Guevara Campos, José ^a,c   Gonzalez de Guevara L ^b   Urbaez Cano J ^a   Tinedo, R ^a   Villamizar, M ^a   Rojas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Científico Esperanza Paraco   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Alternating hemiplegia; Convulsions; Flunarizine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FLUNARIZINE;

ALTERNATING HEMIPLEGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GAZE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENCE RISK; TONIC SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INFANT;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 24344477575     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4006.2004494     Document Type: Article

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