Child neurology: Dravet syndrome: When to suspect the diagnosis

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Millichap, John J ^a,b   Koh, Sookyong ^a   Laux, Linda C ^a   Nordli, Douglas R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVULSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRAVET SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCN1A GENE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 70349661695     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b9c880     Document Type: Article

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