Long term outcome in children affected by absence epilepsy with onset before the age of three years

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 366-369

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Olivieri, Cristina ^a   Agostinelli, Sergio ^a   Coppola, Giangennaro ^b   Parisi, Pasquale ^c   Grosso, Salvatore ^d   Spalice, Alberto ^e   Zamponi, Nelia ^f   Franzoni, Emilio ^g   Iannetti, Paola ^e   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Curatolo, Paolo ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Salesi Hospital   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early onset absence epilepsy; Ethosuximide; Outcome; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE EPILEPSY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 79951682972     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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