Early treatment of Aicardi syndrome with vigabatrin can improve outcome

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1756-1757

  Chau, Vann ^a   Karvelas, George ^a   Jacob, Pierre ^b   Carmant, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COLOBOMA; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DRINKING; EATING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GESTURE; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WALKING;

EID: 8644285569     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000143070.66093.D3     Document Type: Article

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