Paradoxic reaction to lamotrigine in a child with benign focal epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1657-1660

  Catania, Santiago ^a   Cross, Helen ^a   De Sousa, Carlos ^a   Boyd, Stewart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence seizures; Benign focal epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Lamotrigine

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0032723064     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02053.x     Document Type: Article

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