Cerebrospinal fluid pterins and neurotransmitters in early severe epileptic encephalopathies

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-111

  Duarte, Sofia ^a   Sanmarti, Francesc ^a   Gonzalez, Veronica ^a   Perez Duenas, Belen ^a   Ormazabal, Aida ^a   Artuch, Rafael ^a   Campistol, Jaime ^a   Garcia Cazorla, Angels ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Early epileptic encephalopathy; Neopterin; Ohtahara syndrome; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BIOPTERIN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NEOPTERIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PTERIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIKE WAVE; WEST SYNDROME;

BIOPTERIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPTERIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 38749150966     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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