Persistence of hypsarrhythmia in children beyond the age of three years

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 835-837

  Kulandaivel, Kandan ^a   Khurana, Divya S ^b   Carvalho, Karen S ^b   Melvin, Joseph J ^b   Legido, Agustin ^b   Valencia, Ignacio ^b  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; hypsarrhythmia; infantile spasms; Lennox Gestaut syndrome; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 79959727880     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810394849     Document Type: Article

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