Alice-in-Wonderland syndrome - A case-based update and long-term outcome in nine children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 893-896

  Weidenfeld, Andrea ^a   Borusiak, Peter ^b  

^a Wagener Stiftung für Sozialpädiatrie ^*  (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alice in Wonderland syndrome; Children; Hallucination; Metamorphopsia; Migraine

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; DIHYDROCODEIN PHOSPHATE; DIHYDROCODEINE; DL METHYLEPHEDRINE; METHYLEPHEDRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALICE IN WONDERLAND SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; METAMORPHOSIS; MIGRAINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 79959765131     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1400-6     Document Type: Article

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