Use and monitoring of bromides in epilepsy treatment

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 523-528

  Ryan, Melody ^a   Baumann, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM BROMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BROMIDE; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; SODIUM BROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOREXIA; COMA; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BROMIDES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS;

EID: 0032793251     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00021-1     Document Type: Review

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