Valproic acid treatment of learning disorder and severely epileptiform EEG without clinical seizures

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-43

  Gordon, Kevin ^a,c   Bawden, Harry ^b   Camfield, Peter ^a   Mann, Shelley ^c   Orlik, Phyllis ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK Children's Hospital   (Canada)

^c Box 3070 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

EID: 0030071659     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100110     Document Type: Article

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