[Hypsarrhythmia as a cause of recurrent infantile apnoea (author's transl)].
In a seven months old infant with a history of obstructive bronchitis, hypsarrhythmia was found to be the cause of symptoms mimicking pertussis with recurrent apnoea. Morphological cerebral abnormalities could not be detected. Clonazepam showed a prompt and persistent therapeutic effect.
D001049:Apnea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012008:Recurrence; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D002998:Clonazepam
Hypsarrhythmie als Ursache für rezidivierende Apnoen im Säuglingsalter.