Benign nocturnal alternating hemiplegia of childhood: Two cases with positive evolution

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 525-529

  Villéga, Frédéric ^a   Picard, Fabienne ^b   Espil Taris, Caroline ^a   Husson, Marie ^a   Michel, Véronique ^a   Pedespan, Jean Michel ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood; Benign nocturnal alternating hemiplegia; Differential diagnosis; Migraine; Movement disorder; Ocular movements; Seizures; Sleep; Sleep related movement disorder

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79955920083     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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