Sturge-Weber syndrome and epilepsy: An argument for aggressive seizure management in these patients

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 951-956

  Comi, Anne M ^a  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Imaging; Ischemia; Seizures; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 34548049247     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.8.951     Document Type: Article

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