The epileptic syndromes with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep: Definition and management guidelines

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-60

  Van Bogaert, P ^a,b   Aeby, A ^a   De Borchgrave, V ^a   De Cocq, C ^a   Deprez, M ^a   De Tiege X ^a   De Tourtchaninoff, M ^a   Dubru, J M ^a   Foulon, M ^a   Ghariani, S ^a   Grisar, T ^a   Legros, B ^a   Ossemann, M ^a   Tugendhaft, P ^a   Van Ruckevorsel, K ^a   Veriheulpen, D ^a  

^a Groupe de Travail des Centres Francophones de Reference de l'Epilepsie Refractaire   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cognitive impairment; Continuous spike waves; Epilepsy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SULTIAME; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NONREM SLEEP; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

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