Characterizing the phenotype of drug-resistant childhood epilepsy associated with leukemia: A case series

Children with leukemia are at risk for epilepsy due to primary disease or neurotoxic therapies. We describe the phenotypes of drug-resistant epilepsy in 10 children with history of leukemia.Of 10 cases, 6 had features of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and 4 had focal epilepsy. Mean age of epilepsy onset w...

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Main Authors: Elham Abushanab, Elia Pestana Knight, Ahsan N. Moosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258998642100006X