Seizures and EEG findings in an adult patient with DiGeorge syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 648-651

  González, Walter ^a   Bautista, Ramon Edmundo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

22q11.2 deletion syndrome; DiGeorge syndrome; EEG; Epilepsy; Hypocalcemia; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN; CHILD; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CHILD; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349120996     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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