Criteria for differential diagnosis of epilepsy and long QT syndrome presenting with seizures and EEG abnormalities

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 442-446

  Yamamoto, Ayumi ^a,b   Yamamoto, Go ^a   Ohfu, Masaharu ^c   Hamamoto, Kunihiro ^d   Yasumoto, Sawa ^b   Hirose, Shinichi ^b  

^a Fukuoka Tokusyukai Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; PULSE WAVE; REST; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; SEIZURES;

EID: 70549084700     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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