Evolution of hemiplegic attacks and epileptic seizures in alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-258

  Saito, Yoshiaki ^a   Inui, Takehiko ^a   Sakakibara, Takafumi ^a   Sugai, Kenji ^a   Sakuma, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apnea; Cerebellum; Hemiplegic migraine; Hippocampus; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNARIZINE; LOMERIZINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPRANOLOL; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 77955057309     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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