Utility of high doses of melatonin as adjunctive anticonvulsant therapy in a child with severe myoclonic epilepsy: Two years' experience

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-105

  Molina Carballo, Antonio ^a,f   Muñoz Hoyos, Antonio ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Sánchez Forte, Miguel ^c   Moreno Madrid, Francisco ^c   Rufo Campos, Miguel ^d   Molina Font, Juan Antonio ^a   Acuña Castroviejo, Darío ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Hospital de Baza   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant therapy; Infantile myoclonic epilepsy; Melatonin; Melatonin circadian rhythm; Phenobarbital

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MELATONIN; PHENOBARBITAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTISCANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELATONIN; PHENOBARBITAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031226947     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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