Factors Influencing the Evolution of West Syndrome to Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-113

  You, Su Jeong ^a   Kim, Heung Dong ^b   Kang, Hoon Chul ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KETOGENIC DIET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 67649849895     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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