Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with late-onset and prominent reflex seizures in trisomy 21 patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1587-1595

  Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a   Adjien, Constant K ^b   Guerrini, Renzo ^c,d   Calarese, Tiziana ^b   Crespel, Arielle ^e   Elia, Maurizio ^f   Striano, Pasquale ^g   Gelisse, Philippe ^e   Bramanti, Placido ^a   Di Bella, Paolo ^a   Genton, Pierre ^b  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^f OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Reflex seizures; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SENSORY STIMULATION; TRISOMY 21; WEST SYNDROME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66849109384     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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