Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in adulthood: Clinical and EEG features

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 271-277

  Ferlazzo, Edoardo ^a   Nikaronova, Marina ^b   Italiano, Domenico ^a   Bureau, Michelle ^c   Dravet, Charlotte ^c,d   Calarese, Tiziana ^c,e   Viallat, Danielle ^c   Kölmel, Margarethe ^b   Bramanti, Placido ^a   De Santi, Lorenzo ^a   Genton, Pierre ^c  

^a IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^b DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adults; EEG; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SLEEP; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; WAKEFULNESS; WEST SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNDROME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77951297434     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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