Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of postencephalitic epilepsy in children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1047-1051

  Chen, Yung Jung ^a   Fang, Peng Cheng ^b   Chow, Julie Chiu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN SIN LAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SPIKE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 33846373588     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/7010.2006.00223     Document Type: Article

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