Epileptic negative myoclonus induced by carbamazepine in a child with BECTS

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 664-667

  Nanba, Yukiko ^a   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a Tottori University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, BENIGN NEONATAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0032847277     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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