Seizures in juvenile Huntington's disease: Frequency and characterization in a multicenter cohort

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1797-1800

  Cloud, Leslie J ^a   Rosenblatt, Adam ^a   Margolis, Russel L ^b   Ross, Christopher A ^b   Pillai, Jagan A ^c   Corey Bloom, Jody ^c   Tully, Hannah M ^d   Bird, Thomas ^d   Panegyres, Peter K ^e   Nichter, Charles A ^f   Higgins, Donald S ^f,g   Helmers, Sandra L ^h   Factor, Stewart A ^h   Jones, Randi ^h   Testa, Claudia M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^f ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Juvenile Huntington's disease; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; JUVENILE HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871770169     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25237     Document Type: Article

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