Rett syndrome and epilepsy: An update for child neurologists

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Dolce, Alison ^a   Ben Zeev, Bruria ^b   Naidu, Sakkubai ^a,c   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PHENOBARBITAL; PRIMIDONE; SULTIAME; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BREATHING PATTERN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECREASED APPETITE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; IRRITABILITY; KETOGENIC DIET; MISSENSE MUTATION; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; RETT SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84876223311     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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