Long-term follow-up study of vigabatrin in pretreated children with West syndrome

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-297

  Siemes, H ^a   Brandl, U ^b,c   Spohr, H L ^a   Volger S ^b,c   Weschke, B ^b,c  

^a DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Infantile spasms; Vigabatrin; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 0031715751     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80021-6     Document Type: Article

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