Gelastic seizures misdiagnosed as gastroesophageal reflux disease

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-328

  Sweetman, Laura L ^a   Ng, Yu Tze ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Infancy infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 34247189656     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806295400     Document Type: Article

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