Anticonvulsant medications

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 238-245

  Russell, R Joseph ^a   Parks, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BLOOD TOXICITY; DROWSINESS; EPILEPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; NIGHTMARE; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032901963     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-19990401-11     Document Type: Review

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