Approach to the management of a child with epilepsy

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-40

  Singhi, Pratibha D ^a   Mitra, Sudeshna ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT SELECTION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031050806     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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