Heterogeneous seizure manifestations in Hypomelanosis of Ito: Report of four new cases and review of the literature

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-16

  Assogba, Komi ^a   Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^b   Striano, Pasquale ^c   Calarese, Tiziana ^d   Villeneuve, Nathalie ^a   Ivanov, Ivan ^e   Bramanti, Placido ^b   Sessa, Edoardo ^b   Pacheva, Iliana ^e   Genton, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Hypomelanosis of Ito; Mental retardation; Prognosis; Review; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HEMIHYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOMELANOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SEIZURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449094396     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0160-5     Document Type: Review

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