A paradoxical rise of neonatal seizures after treatment with vitamin B6

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 319-322

  Hammen, Axel ^a   Wagner, Bendicht ^a   Berkhoff, Magdalena ^a   Donati, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Neonatal epileptic seizures; Paradoxical effect; Pyridoxine; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032434048     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3798(98)80007-X     Document Type: Article

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