Epilepsy in adult patients with down syndrome: A clinical-video EEG study

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Vignoli, Aglaia ^a   Zambrelli, Elena ^a   Chiesa, Valentina ^a   Savini, Miriam ^a   La Briola, Francesca ^a   Gardella, Elena ^a   Canevini, Maria Paola ^a,b  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

adult; Down syndrome; epilepsy; focal seizures; late onsetmyoclonic epilepsy (LOMEDS)

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIDEOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051598276     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0426     Document Type: Article

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