Sulthiame Therapy for Continuous Spike and Wave in Slow-Wave Sleep

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-208

  Wirrell, Elaine ^a,b   Ho, Alice Wen Chi ^b   Hamiwka, Lorie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULTIAME;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; THIAZINES;

EID: 33747885772     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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