Delayed Myelination at the Onset of Cryptogenic West Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-420

  Takano, Tomoyuki ^a   Hayashi, Anri ^a   Sokoda, Tatsuyuki ^a   Sawai, Chihiro ^a   Sakaue, Yuko ^a   Takeuchi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOGENIC WEST SYNDROME; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 36049026150     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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