Putting an end to DEND: A severe neonatal-onset epilepsy is treatable - If recognized early

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1310-1311

  Cooper, Edward C ^a,b   Pan, Zongming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY EPILEPSY AND NEONATAL DIABETES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INFANTILE SPASM; INSULIN INFUSION; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34748820647     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000275538.19348.bd     Document Type: Editorial

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