Relation of spasms and myoclonus to suppression-burst on EEG in epileptic encephalopathy in early infancy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 244-250

  Kobayashi, K ^a,c   Inoue, T ^a   Kikumoto, K ^a   Endoh, F ^a   Miya, K ^a,b   Oka, M ^a   Yoshinaga, H ^a   Ohtsuka, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG analysis; Epileptic encephalopathy; Myoclonus; Spasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; EARLY MYOCLONIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOCLONUS; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SLEEP STAGES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL LOBE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 41549126351     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1062716     Document Type: Article

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