Epilepsy in Prader-Willi syndrome: Experience of a national referral centre

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 857-861

  Gilboa, Tal ^a   Gross Tsur, Varda ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE DELETION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84881555798     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12182     Document Type: Article

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