Clinical study of West syndrome with PS and late-onset epileptic spasms

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-88

  Chen, Lei ^a   Zhu, Min ^b   Zhou, Hao ^b   Liang, Jinping ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EEG; Focal seizure; Infantile spasms; Late onset epileptic spasms; Neuroimaging; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC SEIZURE; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARESIS; SEIZURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 77950518063     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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