Panayiotopoulos syndrome: Diagnosis and management

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-79

  Parisi, P ^b   Villa, M P ^b   Pelliccia, A ^b   Rollo, V C ^a   Chiarelli, F ^a   Verrotti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic seizures; Benign epilepsy; EEG; Panayiotopoulos syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; PALLOR; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SPIKE WAVE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SYNDROME;

EID: 34247644520     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-007-0790-4     Document Type: Review

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