The challenges of epilepsy in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Dulac, Olivier ^a   Bulteau, Christine ^a   Pedersen, Søren ^b   Uldall, Peter ^c  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Epilepsy Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anticon vulsants; Children; Controlled clinical trials; Drug monitoring; Drug therapy; Infants; Tiagabine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001806651     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb04525.x     Document Type: Article

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