Management issues in severe childhood epilepsies

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 215-220

  Wallace, Sheila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

new antiepileptic drugs; severe childhood epilepsies

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; STEROID; STIRIPENTOL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; VOMITING; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029115031     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(05)80064-0     Document Type: Article

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