Benign familial and non-familial infantile seizures (Fukuyama-Watanabe-Vigevano syndrome): A study of 14 cases from Saudi Arabia

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 378-384

  Saadeldin, Imad Yassin ^a   Housawi, Yousef ^a   Nemri, Abdulrahman Al ^a,b   Hifzi, Ibrahim Al ^a  

^a King Faisal Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Benign infantile seizures; Fukuyama Watanabe Vigevano syndrome; Interictal EEG; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUKUYAMA WATANABE VIGEVANO SYNDROME; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIGREE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; SAUDI ARABIA; SYNDROME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77951022337     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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