Benign pediatric localization-related epilepsies: Part II. Syndromes in childhood

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-258

  Chahine, Lama M ^a   Mikati, Mohamad A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Benign localization related epilepsy syndrome; Gastaut type occipital epilepsy; Panayiotopoulos syndrome; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; SULTIAME; VALPROIC ACID;

AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKES; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH OCCIPITAL PAROXYSMS; BENIGN EPILEPSY SYNDROME; BENIGN INFANTILE FOCAL EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GASTAUT TYPE IDIOPATHIC CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 33845497689     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2006.0036     Document Type: Review

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