Absence epilepsy and periventricular nodular heterotopia

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 450-452

  De Wit, M C Y ^a   Schippers, H M ^b   De Coo, I F M ^a   Arts, W F M ^a   Lequin, M H ^c   Brooks, A ^c   Visser, G H ^c   Mancini, G M S ^c  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 Hz spike waves; Absence epilepsy; Cortex; Migration; Periventricular nodular heterotopia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ERUPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 77955983373     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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