Clarification of the Term "Status Gelasticus" and Treatment and Prognosis of Gelastic Seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-301

  Ng, Yu Tze ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATUS GELATICUS; SURGICAL RISK;

CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES;

EID: 40749132964     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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