Therapy of encephalopathy with status epilepticus during sleep (ESES/CSWS syndrome): An update

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^a   Pera, Maria Carmela ^a   Teutonico, Federica ^a   Brazzo, Daniela ^a   Balottin, Umberto ^a   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AEDs; ESES; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN ZINC; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; SULTIAME; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANOREXIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEVER; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; KETOGENIC DIET; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; SLEEP DISORDERS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84859468971     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0482     Document Type: Review

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