Electroclinical features and long-term outcome of cryptogenic epilepsy in children with down syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1754-1758

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Cusmai, Raffaella ^b   Nicita, Francesco ^c   Pizzolorusso, Antonella ^d   Elia, Maurizio ^e   Zamponi, Nelia ^f   Cesaroni, Elisabetta ^f   Granata, Tiziana ^g   De Giorgi, Ilaria ^g   Giordano, Lucio ^h   Grosso, Salvatore ⁱ   Pavone, Piero ^j   Franzoni, Emilio ^k   Coppola, Giangennaro ^l   Cerminara, Caterina ^m   Curatolo, Paolo ^m   Savasta, Salvatore ⁿ   Striano, Pasquale ^o   Parisi, Pasquale ^c   Romeo, Antonino ^p   Spalice, Alberto ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^g DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^h Civil Hospital of Brescia   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

ⁿ FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^p FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOGENIC EPILEPSY; DATA BASE; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KARYOTYPING; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; WEST SYNDROME;

ACTH; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AED; ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG; CARBAMAZEPINE; CBZ; CLONAZEPAM; CLZ; EEG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FBM; FELBAMATE; GENERALIZED SEIZURES; GS; INFANTILE SPASMS; IS; LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME; LEV; LEVETIRACETAM; LGS; NOT SIGNIFICANT; NS; PARTIAL SEIZURES; PS; VALPROIC ACID; VGB; VIGABATRIN; VPA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888310935     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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