Idiopathic West Syndrome followed by childhood absence epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 597-601

  Specchio, Nicola ^a   Trivisano, Marina ^b   Vigevano, Federico ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absences; Childhood absence epilepsy; Idiopathic epilepsy; Infantile spasms; West Syndrome

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 77958001706     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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