Treatments and follow-up of childhood epilepsy;Traitements et surveillance des epilepsies de l'enfant

Revue du Praticien

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1532-1539

  Bednarek, Nathalie ^a   Motte, Jacques ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VAGUS NERVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SCHOOLS; SEIZURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROIDS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033568668     PISSN: 00352640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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