Epilepsy in childhood: An audit of clinical practice

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 668-673

  Carpay, Hans A ^a   Arts, Willem F M ^a,b   Geerts, Ada T ^d   Stroink, Hans ^b   Brouwer, Oebele F ^e   Peters, A C Boudewyn ^c   Van Donselaar, Cees A ^f  

^a JULIANA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031966502     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.5.668     Document Type: Article

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