Concealed long QT syndrome and intractable partial epilepsy: A case report

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1128-1131

  Anderson, Jason H ^a   Bos, Johan Martijn ^b   Meyer, Fredric B ^a   Cascino, Gregory D ^a   Ackerman, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEJA VU; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KCNH2 GENE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MISSENSE MUTATION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PHONOPHOBIA; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; T WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME;

EID: 84872222979     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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