Treatment of infantile spasms with zonisamide

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-161

  Yanai, Shinji ^a   Hanai, Toshio ^a   Narazaki, Osamu ^a  

^a FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug therapy; Infantile spasms; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033045299     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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