Lamotrigine as add-on drug in children and adolescents with refractory epilepsy and mental delay: An open trial

Brain and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 398-402

  Coppola, Giangennaro ^a   Pascotto, Antonio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Seizure type; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; RASH; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0030846510     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(97)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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