Cognitive competence at the onset of West syndrome: Correlation with EEG patterns and visual function

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 760-765

  Randò, Teresa ^a   Baranello, Giovanni ^a   Ricci, Daniela ^a   Guzzetta, Andrea ^b   Tinelli, Francesca ^b   Biagioni, Enrico ^b   La Torre, Giuseppe ^a   Epifanio, Roberta ^c   Signorini, Sabrina ^c   Fazzi, Elisa ^c   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   Cioni, Giovanni ^c   Guzzetta, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEST SYNDROME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 27744504609     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205001593     Document Type: Article

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