Neuroepidemiology of West syndrome and early infantile epileptic encephalopathy in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 299-301

  Hino Fukuyo, Naomi ^a   Haginoya, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Iinuma, Kazuie ^a,c   Uematsu, Mitsugu ^a   Tsuchiya, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takuto Rehabilitation Center for Children   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy; Epidemiology; Incidence; Infantile spasms; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; JAPAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 70449658844     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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