Infantile spasms (West syndrome) in children with inborn errors of metabolism: A review of the literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1295-1301

  Gkampeta, Anastasia ^a   Pavlou, Evangelos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

epilepsy; infantile spasms; metabolic disorders; seizures; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ACIDURIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN TUMOR; BUTYRYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEXTRO GLYCERIC ACIDURIA; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; HYPERTENSION; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANTILE SPASM; MENKES SYNDROME; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEPSIS; WEST SYNDROME;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84866846030     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812448532     Document Type: Review

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