Gabapentin associated with aggressive behavior in pediatric patients with seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 501-502

  Tallian, Kimberly B ^b   Nahata, Milap C ^a   Lo, Warren ^a   Tsao, Chang Yong ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wexner Inst Pediat Res C   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Children; Gabapentin; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; PEMOLINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0029988717     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00598.x     Document Type: Article

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