Neurodevelopmental and epilepsy outcome in children aged one to five years with infantile spasms-A North Indian cohort

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 526-534

  Sehgal, Rachna ^a,b   Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Sapra, Savita ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Pandey, Ravinder Mohan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Infantile spasms; Neurodevelopment; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MENINGITIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SPASTICITY; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EPILEPSY; INFANTILE SPASMS; NEURODEVELOPMENT; OUTCOMES;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASMS, INFANTILE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895455253     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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