Video/EEG findings in a KCNQ2 epileptic encephalopathy: A case report and revision of literature data

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-165

  Serino, Domenico ^a   Specchio, Nicola ^a   Pontrelli, Giuseppe ^a,b   Vigevano, Federico ^a   Fusco, Lucia ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burst suppression; Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; Infant; KCNQ2

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ2; PYRIDOXINE; VIGABATRIN;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DRUG EFFECT; EARLY ONSET EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KCNQ2 GENE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATOR GENE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLEEP PATTERN; SPIKE WAVE; TACHYPNEA; THETA RHYTHM; TONIC SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

BURST-SUPPRESSION; ENCEPHALOPATHY; EPILEPSY; INFANT; KCNQ2;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; KCNQ2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MUTATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84880461745     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2013.0578     Document Type: Note

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