Alternating hemiplegia of childhood: Early characteristics and evolution of a neurodevelopmental syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sweney, Matthew T ^a   Silver, Kenneth ^b   Gerard Blanluet, Marion ^c   Pedespan, Jean Michel ^d   Renault, Francis ^e   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^f   Schlesinger Massart, Mylynda ^g   Lewelt, Aga J ^a   Reyna, Sandra P ^a   Swoboda, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^f University Hospital of Lyon   (France)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating hemiplegia; Migraine; Movement disorder; Ocular movements; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIC DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TONIC SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATAXIA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEIZURES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149144583     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2027     Document Type: Article

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