The treatment and management of alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 777-780

  Neville, B G R ^a,b   Ninan, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUNARIZINE; MELATONIN; MEMANTINE; METHYSERGIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NIMODIPINE; PIZOTIFEN; PROPRANOLOL;

ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOREA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DETERIORATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; DYSPRAXIA; DYSTONIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; NYSTAGMUS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; STRABISMUS; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIODICITY;

EID: 34648839893     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00777.x     Document Type: Review

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