Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with unusual favourable outcome

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 673-676

  Cazorla, María Rosario ^a   Verdú, Alfonso ^b   Montes, Carmen ^b   Ayuga, Fernando ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ohtahara syndrome; Suppression burst pattern; Vigabatrine

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; VIGABATRIN;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GAZE; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISION;

EID: 77955418836     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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