Electroencephalographic features in Dravet syndrome: Five-year follow-up study in 22 patients

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-444

  Specchio, Nicola ^a   Balestri, Martina ^a,b   Trivisano, Marina ^c   Japaridze, Natia ^d   Striano, Pasquale ^e   Carotenuto, Antonio ^a,f   Cappelletti, Simona ^a   Specchio, Luigi M ^c   Fusco, Lucia ^a   Vigevano, Federico ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d Neurology Units   (Georgia)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; EEG; epilepsy; SCN1A mutation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; STIRIPENTOL;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859356512     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811419262     Document Type: Article

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