Neurodevelopmental and epilepsy outcomes in a north american cohort of patients with infantile spasms

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-428

  Partikian, Arthur ^a   Mitchell, Wendy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Outcomes research; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NORTH AMERICA; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 77950941904     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809341664     Document Type: Article

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