Alleged cases of vaccine encephalopathy rediagnosed years later as dravet syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Reyes, Ila S ^a   Hsieh, David T ^a   Laux, Linda C ^b   Wilfong, Angus A ^c,d  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diphtheria pertussis tetanus vaccine; Dravet; Epilepsies; Febrile; Myoclonic; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; VACCINATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNDROME; VACCINATION;

EID: 80052362338     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0887     Document Type: Article

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