Long term outcome of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 501-506

  Callenbach, Petra M C ^a   Bouma, Paul A D ^b   Geerts, Ada T ^c   Arts, Willem Frans M ^c   Stroink, Hans ^d   Peeters, Els A J ^e,f   Van Donselaar, Cees A ^g   Peters, A C Boudewijn ^h   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^g Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BECTS; Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Long term follow up; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957252200     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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