Epilepsy development in infancy with epileptic discharges

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-223

  Yoshinaga, Harumi ^a   Endo, Fumika ^a   Kikumoto, Kennichi ^a   Inoue, Takushi ^a   Oka, Makio ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Infancy; Multifocal spikes; Prophylactic therapy; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 33847158323     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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