Panayiotopoulos syndrome: An important electroclinical example of benign childhood system epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1044-1053

  Koutroumanidis, Michael ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic seizures; Idiopathic epileptogenic focus; Panayiotopoulos syndrome; System epilepsies

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SPIKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34249818773     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01096.x     Document Type: Review

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