Use of miglustat in a child with late-infantile-onset Niemann-Pick disease type C and frequent seizures: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Skorpen, Johannes ^a   Helland, Ingrid B ^b   Tennøe, Bjørn ^b  

^a Child Habilitation Unit   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic; Infant; Miglustat; Niemann Pick disease type C; Seizures; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FILIPIN; FLUOXETINE; MIGLUSTAT; NITRAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MASTICATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868647627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-383     Document Type: Article

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