Spontaneous remission of infantile spasms and hypsarrhythmia following acute infection with high-grade fever

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Sugiura, Chitose ^a   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Kure, Hiroko ^a   Inoue, Takehiko ^a   Ohno, Kousaku ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fever; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Infection; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 36248934751     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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