Panayiotopoulos syndrome: An important childhood autonomic epilepsy to be differentiated from occipital epilepsy and acute non-epileptic disorders

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-9

  Michael, Michael ^a   Tsatsou, Katerina ^a   Ferrie, Colin D ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic seizures; Autonomic status epilepticus; Benign seizures; Multifocal epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC SEIZURE; BASILAR TYPE MIGRAINE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CHILDHOOD OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY OF GASTAUT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PANAYIOTOPOULOS SYNDROME; PARIETAL LOBE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

BRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 71849095192     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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