Treatment of children with 'ordinary' epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-51

  Camfield, Peter R ^a,b   Camfield, Carol S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood epilepsy; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 0034088139     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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