Early-onset childhood absence epilepsy: Is it a distinct entity?

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 411-416

  Farooque, Pue ^a   Goraya, Jatinder ^b,c   Valencia, Ignacio ^b,c   Carvalho, Karen S ^b,c   Hardison, H Huntley ^b,c   Legido, Agustin ^b,c   Khurana, Divya S ^b,c  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Childhood absence epilepsy; Early onset

Indexed keywords

ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PIRACETAM; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84857821406     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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