Adult height and target height in 111 boys and 98 girls treated for epilepsy during childhood

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 513-515

  Kurlemann, Gerhard ^a   Benner, Thomas ^a   Brämswig, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE METABOLISM; CHILD GROWTH; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031407412     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389701200810     Document Type: Article

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