Posttraumatic Epilepsy Prophylaxis

Epilepsia

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 671-681

  Young, Byron ^a   Rapp, Robert ^a   Brooks, William H ^a   Madauss, William ^a   Norton, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Head injuries; Phenytoin; Seizures; Traumatic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; INJURY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 0018720258     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1979.tb04851.x     Document Type: Article

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