Focal epileptic spasms, involving one leg, manifesting during the clinical course of west syndrome (WS)

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-159

  Tanoue, Koji ^a,b   Oguni, Hirokazu ^b   Nakayama, Naoko ^b   Sasaki, Kaori ^b   Ito, Yasushi ^b   Imai, Kaoru ^b   Osawa, Makiko ^b  

^a YOKOSUKA KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ECD SPECT; Focal epileptic spasms; Video polygraphic study; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NEOCORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; WEST SYNDROME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 38749096981     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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