Efficacy of five days' barbiturate anesthesia in the treatment of intractable epilepsies in children

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1775-1779

  Rantala, Heikki ^a   Saukkonen, Anna Liisa ^a   Remes, Mikko ^a   Uhari, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Barbiturate anesthesia; Infantile spasms; Intractable epilepsy; Lennox Gastaut syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOPENTAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032786121     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01597.x     Document Type: Article

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