Atypical case of hemiconvulsions-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome revealing contralateral focal cortical dysplasia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 830-834

  Bahi Buisson, Nadia ^a   Kossorotoff, Manoelle ^a   Barnerias, Christine ^a   Boddaert, Nathalie ^a   Bourgeois, Marie ^a   Dulac, Olivier ^a   Plouin, Perrine ^a   Chiron, Catherine ^a   Hertz Pannier, Lucie ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CASE REPORT; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMICONVULSIONS HEMIPLEGIA EPILEPSY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPIKE WAVE; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 28444491764     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162205001751     Document Type: Article

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