Presentation, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of the neurological features of sturge-weber syndrome

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Comi, Anne M ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

migraines; port wine birthmark; seizures; stroke; Sturge Weber syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LEVOTHYROXINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPIRIN; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PORT-WINE STAIN; SEIZURES; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 79960320111     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e318220c5b6     Document Type: Review

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