Epilepsy in children with Down syndrome

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Arya, Ravindra ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Gulati, Sheffali ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; epilepsy; infantile spasms; reflex seizures

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ACUTE EPILEPTIC EXTENSOR SPASM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANTILE SPASM; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX EPILEPSY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEST SYNDROME; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79960059906     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0415     Document Type: Review

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