Continuous spike and waves during sleep and electrical status epilepticus in sleep

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-164

  Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a,c   Fernández, Iván Sánchez ^a,b   Peters, Jurriaan M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental regression; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Epileptic networks; Seizures; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAZEPAM; ELONGATOR PROTEIN COMPLEX 4; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN EPILEPSY OF CHILDHOOD WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE; BENIGN OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY OF CHILDHOOD; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS DURING SLEEP; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVENING DOSAGE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NOMENCLATURE; NONREM SLEEP; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OSCILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPEECH THERAPY; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMIC REVERBERATING CIRCUIT; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WAKEFULNESS;

BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 79955070161     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: 15371603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31821213eb     Document Type: Review

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