Absence seizures in the first 3 years of life: An electroclinical study of 46 cases

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Horacio Caraballo, Roberto ^a   Darra, Francesca ^b   Fontana, Elena ^b   Garcia, Roberto ^a   Monese, Eduardo ^a   Dalla Bernardina, Bernardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Early onset; Epileptic syndromes; Prognosis; Typical absences

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GLUCOCORTICOID; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EYELID MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYOCLONIC ABSENCE EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951673885     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02926.x     Document Type: Article

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