Efficacy of lamotrigine in refractory neonatal seizures

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-163

  Barr, Peter A ^a   Buettiker, Vera E ^a   Antony, Jayne H ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b

^c Australia

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0032992039     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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