Dravet syndrome

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 27, 2009, Pages

  Incorpora, Gemma ^a  

^a CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA 2 SUBUNIT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN SCN1A; SODIUM CHANNEL; STIRIPENTOL; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRAVET SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 70349190412     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-35-27     Document Type: Review

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