Early onset West syndrome with cerebral hypomyelination and reduced cerebral white matter

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Tohyama, Jun ^a,b   Akasaka, Noriyuki ^a   Osaka, Hitoshi ^c   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^d   Kato, Mitsuhiro ^e   Saito, Naka ^a   Yamashita, Sumimasa ^c   Ohno, Kousaku ^d  

^a NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epileptic encephalopathy; Hypomyelination; Impaired visual attention; Mental retardation; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTIRELIN;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL HYPOMYELINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEST SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 41749084669     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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