Malignant autosomal dominant frontal lobe epilepsy with repeated episodes of status epilepticus: Successful treatment with vagal nerve stimulation

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-158

  Carreño, Mar ^a   Garcia Alvarez, Dionisio ^b   Maestro, Iratxe ^a   Fernández, Santiago ^a   Donaire, Antonio ^a   Boget, Teresa ^a   Rumià, Jordi ^a   Pintor, Luis ^a   Setoain, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADNFLE; Epilepsy; Familial; Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy; Vagal nerve stimulator; VNS

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SPIKE WAVE; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENETICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77956195826     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0307     Document Type: Note

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