Lamotrigine adjunctive therapy in childhood epileptic encephalopathy (the Lennox Gastaut syndrome)

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-73

  Donaldson, Jennifer A ^a   Glauser, Tracy A ^a   Olberding, Lynn S ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lamotrigine; Lennox Gastaut syndrome; Pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETHOTOIN; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALOPECIA; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SLEEP DISORDER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031028879     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01079.x     Document Type: Article

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