Panayiotopoulos syndrome: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics and outcome

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-341

  Dura Trave T ^a,b   Yoldi Petri, M E ^a   Gallinas Victoriano, F ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early onset benign childhood occipital epilepsy; Panayiotopoulos syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SPAIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 41049092098     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02074.x     Document Type: Review

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