Infantile spasms: Review of the literature and personal experience

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Fois, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; FLUMAZENIL; GANAXOLONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTIRELIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; STEROID; TETRACOSACTIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOREXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANTILE SPASM; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOON FACE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEST SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649227327     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-36-15     Document Type: Review

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