Spontaneous resolution of intractable epileptic seizures following HHV-7 infection

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-188

  Yamamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Kamiyama, Noriko ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Miyamoto, Yusaku ^a   Fukuda, Miho ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HHV 7 infection; Intractable epileptic seizures; Spontaneous resolution

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST SYNDROME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 7, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33846923641     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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