A child with refractory complex partial seizures, right temporal ganglioglioma, contralateral continuous electrical status epilepticus, and a secondary Landau-Kleffner autistic syndrome

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-417

  Mikati, Mohamad A ^a   El Bitar, Mohamad K ^a   Najjar, Marwan W ^a   Rbeiz, Jean J ^a   Barada, Wissam H ^a   Najjar, Vicky F ^a   Yaktin, Umayma ^a   Tourjuman, Oulfat ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Beirut Governmental University Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Autism; Ganglioglioma; Inflammation; Landau Kleffner variant; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGNOSIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 59749086455     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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